Sentence examples for would be scant from inspiring English sources

The Swabians might well do it again, which would be scant consolation for Ober-Swabian Jürgen K. Ober-Swabian Jürgen K

Even if it were, that would be scant consolation to the latest minority groups to enter the pantheon of American scapegoats, Hispanic immigrants and Muslims.

Admittedly he won easily, beating a horse that has won twice since then, but that form by itself would be scant justification for such short odds.

Realising that there would be scant opportunity for over-indulgence during the Christmas of 1946 he wished his readers "half a turkey, three tangerines, and a bottle of whisky at not more than double the legal price".

But there would be scant need to worry about a broad slip in productivity.Unusually savage company cost-cutting early in this cycle is another reason why recent productivity swings have been so extreme.

Analysts say it would not be feasible for Viacom to sell its 82percentt stake to the public as newly issued Blockbuster shares because there would be scant demand for the stock.

There'd been scant information about the school and its students until today, when Rowling released a video, a brief history and a sorting hat quiz on Pottermore.

Critics said they feared that because public support for the proposed bus system would probably be scant, the road widenings would eventually be left as the only real option.

The little tree doubted that, for he could not imagine being as fancy as his mother when everyone could see that he would always be scant and spindly, with the wind blowing right through his sparse branches, as though he wasn't even there.

Given the frustrations after the rescue of its financial institutions, and their subsequent landmark profits, there would seem to be scant appetite in the United States for increasing its support.

If Tesla winds up with a half-million of its cars on the road in the next three years, for example, that would be a scant fraction of the country's more than 260 million motor vehicles.