Sentences with phrase «even scant»

Or even a scant 10 % chance of getting caught?

Now that the trial of Omar Khadr is back in the news — and lest you harbour any illusions that what is going on bears even a scant resemblance to justice — you might like to listen to the portion of the program featuring her.

«It also means that if there's more than even a scant 5 percent possibility that an event occurred by chance, scientists will reject the causal claim.»

Lack of controls allow anything to be written on the outside of the bag as long as there is even a scant of it in the bag.

This summary of certain phases of the Pauline theology — a summary much too brief to do even scant justice to the power and majesty of Paul's thought — is necessary as a background for the fuller discussion, to which we now turn, of the way in which Paul interpreted the significance of the earthly life of Jesus as related to this saving act of God.

If you've been paying even scant attention in recent years, you know football has been under the ethical microscope.

The film's main asset is its star, Jennifer Lawrence, who can emote her way into fleshing out even the scantest of characterizations in the script.

Not exact matches

Details about the news show had already emerged — she will be on the air weekdays at 9 a.m. — but information about the Sunday evening slot had been scant until now.

The improving outlook is one reason the stock market has risen so sharply this year, even if street - level evidence for a turnaround, like strong job growth and income gains, has been scant so far.

Even among residents who endorsed the tariffs, there was scant support for hitting Canada.

Even the Pope's understandable nostalgia for the European welfare - state too much scants the self - interests, self - deceptions, and false presuppositions that are bringing that system to a crisis of its own making.

At the beginning, their «psalms and hymns and spiritual songs» (Colossians 3:16: Ephesians 5:19) were probably taken over and adapted from the older heritage, and while the evidence on this matter is scant, the devotional services of the early churches doubtless leaned heavily on the Old Testament, especially the Psalter, and even on the customs of the synagogue.

Even though huge numbers of us are exhausted and isolated as our mothers never were, feminists, corporate leaders, and the child - care lobby are effectively forcing us to remain in the workforce against our deepest wishes, our lives made just bearable by scant leave and scanter subsidy.

Keeping the syrup to a scant teaspoon ensures the sugar count doesn't outdo the protein, which will help your blood sugar levels stay even all morning.

My crop was pathetic, even the cherry tomatoes were scant compared to last year.

Using a spatula, spread batter into a thin, even layer to edges and into corners of prepared sheet (batter will seem scant but brownies will rise to about 1/4» thick).

Take the chocolate cups out of the freezer and scoop a scant 1/2 tablespoon of macadamia butter into each one, gently spreading it into a somewhat even layer.

But even Charley Goldman had to admit that a fellow who was fighting for the U.S. Golden Gloves heavyweight championship after a scant 15 fights had definite «possibilities,» and was anything but «ridiculous.»

Walker, who fell flat in his ballyhooed pro debut back in March and then exploded in an amazing streak of five games, during which he averaged 152.4 yards and took the league's rushing lead, suffered even greater humiliation by gaining a scant 28 yards in 11 carries against the Stallions.

And although he enjoys running and trained hard this winter (mostly in the evening or during his lunch hour) he had scant hope of competing in the big indoor meets.

Predictably, even inevitably, England dominated much of the game but scant sympathy is deserved when we know that the only goal they contrived came not from open play but from a free kick.

This is laughable, because even with my scant economic knowledge and misspent youth I remember that in 2010 most of these newspapers and analysts were supporting his policies to the hilt.

It is this blanket criticism, with scant institutional memory, a wilful disregard of the shambles the Jonathan government left behind — even after a year — that passes Nigerians as unfeeling; and not able to appreciate the epochal chaos that Buhari and his government are battling with; from which they hope to rebuild the commonwealth.

Even the shadow cabinet, received only scant information in advance of the speech about its content.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton start the race to November 8 on essentially even ground, with Trump edging Clinton by a scant two points among likely voters, and the contest sparking sharp divisions along demographic lines in a new CNN / ORC Poll.

Elsewhere, the Department's Third Offset Strategy — a touted effort initiated under President Obama to maintain and accelerate superiority in advanced technology areas like hypersonics and human - machine collaboration — makes scant appearance in this year's budget request, even though Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work, a key architect of the strategy in the prior administration, has so far stayed on at the Pentagon.

The new ALMA observations, however, revealed something even more remarkable, signs that eleven low - mass protostars are forming within 1 parsec — a scant 3 light - years — of the galaxy's central black hole.

Even if there is scant scientific evidence for a procedure, does it matter if it gives someone hope and raison d'etre?

Other factors also suggest Mars once had a much thicker atmosphere, such as evidence of persistent presence of liquid water on the planet's surface long ago even though the atmosphere is too scant for liquid water to persist on the surface now.

The research on IF's specific impact on women is scant, and even Stefani admits that the literature on the topic is small and mainly based on rat studies.

You have to hunt through a massive number of profiles to find the scant few who are compatible with you, and still there's no guarantee you'll even find someone who prioritizes religious views in dating.

The film is too short because the characters just aren't sufficiently developed, but even at a scant 90 minutes, it feels way too long.

Through its energy and inherent beauty, Brimstone & Glory hits concurrent notes of peril and bliss, but even at a scant 67 minutes it can seem a bit aimless and scattershot.

But even at a scant 90 minutes, the film manages to cover a lot of ground, hopping around from interviews to live footage, the highlights of which are a live studio take of «Higgs Bossom Blues,» a 9 minute epic whose slithering slow build plays out uninterrupted and the finale, a blistering live performance of «Jubilee Street» featuring a string section and children's choir, intercut with scenes of Cave onstage over the years.

Or maybe there's just a scant chance of even understanding what is bringing doom to the planet, and that will have to be enough.

She recalls him fondly, but details are scant, and they don't even matter much.

Though it runs a scant 78 minutes with end credits, Bears even stretches to reach that length.

There's scant wiggle room even for something that the industry calls «counter-programming,» which is a film released to a market to attract moviegoers who aren't interested in football or Star Wars or whatever other big pop - culture thing is happening.

There is scant evidence even behind this claim, and policymakers should be cautious in taking their results seriously.

They had scant time to serve teachers as instructional leaders and even less for their own professional growth and development.

Even if Rhee was objectively justified in removing over two hundred teachers, her actions reinforced the fears of many teachers that linking teacher evaluations to student performance will result in wholesale layoffs that are based on scant data viewed by many as suspect.

And many have scant use for authority (or even advice) proffered by grown - ups — their parents, teachers, or anybody else.

Even these simple principles may be hard to implement, some educators say, because preschool instructors are often paid far less than public schoolteachers and receive scant training.

Indeed, I've seen scant evidence that the powers - that - be at NBPTS even care much about such mundane stuff as content knowledge.

Imagine how much harder Nick's task would have been if he had scant experience using the technology involved in modern travel, such as flight monitors, electronic check - in kiosks, or even escalators.

Nor is it surprising that even the best of teachers in such circumstances have scant energy left to cultivate the learning — or the potential — of exceptionally bright, earnest, and well - behaved pupils.

The rear seats are awful, sitting even higher than the front seats and featuring scant legroom.

Even at the top trims, the scant discrepancy in available performance can easily be mitigated by the price advantage the Optima holds over the Accord.

The cramped cabin has few creature comforts and scant storage, not even a glovebox.

Even with the front seat in a less then «all - the - way - back» position, there is scant leg room.