Sentences with phrase «only scant»

There is only scant knowledge about how these variables relate to psychological violence, and hence these analyses were not deemed appropriate for the purpose of assessing validity.

It gives only scant lip service to how you developed those skills or where you've used them in the past.

Despite its prominence in American history and lore, the Pony Express (a speedy horse - based mail delivery service that linked California to the Midwest United States) operated for only a scant 18 months before it was superseded by the first transcontinental telegraph system.

In fact it would seem that there are over 1,100 items available in English alone (but only a scant 87 available in French).

One of the more interesting parts of Guy Joubert «s recent interview with the Canadian Lawyer is his observation that there is only scant accurate and current statistical information on the Canadian legal profession.

Humanity has pushed the world's climate system to the brink, leaving itself only scant time to act, the head of the UN's group of climate scientists said on Monday.

Far less well - known internationally than the New Bauhaus — only scant references are made to it via any currently available UK sources — 10 years ago London's Arnolfini gallery held an exhibition of a limited selection of the school's works — the Tate website honours it with just 200 words — by the 1940s, Black Mountain College became the ideal of experimental arts education in America.

Plants, pets and furniture seemingly float across Reichman's soft, sparse backgrounds, which use only scant details to define each scene.

Sadly, there are only four chapters to the campaign, and with each mission lasting only a scant few minutes apiece, this adventure is over just as it starts getting really good.

I was always disappointed the Gears «toggle» cover system gained omnipresence in cover - based shooters, as opposed to the hybrid first - / third - person cover system of Rainbow Six: Vegas which only a scant handful of games have used since.

As the Asteran flower festival winds down with only a scant few hours left, Capcom is pushing out the second major update to the game since release.

But ultimately it's a smidgeon too shallow to really stick and I can already feel it fading from memory with the end credits having rolled only a scant couple of hours ago.

True gaming classics are rare, sometimes appearing only a scant few times per console generation.

Over the many years I've written on financial independence, I've paid only scant attention to a subgenre of the field known as «Early Retirement Extreme.»

Don't forget that it was only a scant six years ago that Chrysler Corp..

The available evidence on the influence of minimum - competency exams and higher curricular standards on educational attainment and employability is not only scant but often contradictory.

There's only scant comic relief from Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter as scurrilous innkeepers, but the weakest link is Russell Crowe as the merciless law enforcer Inspector Javert.

Its main turnoff was the time limit mechanic, providing only a scant a few hours to complete the campaign before your time ran out.

Sir, please appreciate that I have only a scant medical history so.....

During the Voyager encounter with Uranus in 1986, only a scant handful of dim clouds were seen in its atmosphere.

However, there are only scant data on whether animals do indeed travel along such strips, let alone whether they mate with inhabitants of other patches.

The findings, published in the American Journal of Science, indicate that although plants were first detected on land more than 440 million years ago there is only scant evidence of fire at that time.

There were only scant clues about life on Rapa Nui.

In its final session Tuesday, the lame - duck City Council is poised to pass a slew of last - minute bills that have received only scant public review.

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

Somalia, Rwanda, the Balkans, the Dayton Accords, the East Africa bombings, the emergence of al - Qaeda as a transnational threat, and the secret plan with Gingrich to reform Social Security — all receive only scant mention in this documentary.

In levels of performance, Enrique has solidified the defense with only a scant 19 goals allowed in 32 league matches.

There's only a scant amount of flour, and I used dark cocoa powder plus a teeny bit of coffee powder for an intense chocolate taste (you can't taste the coffee at all, it just amplifies the chocolate flavor).

With enough vegetables to keep the doctor away and only a scant portion of olive oil, this spread is packed with antioxidants, vitamins, and healthy fats.

If people are being asked if they value same - day enough to pay a premium for it, I'm not surprised only a scant few said yes.

With the S&P / TSX Composite Index down 12.6 % so far this year and only a scant few more trading days left in 2011, it would be easy to label this as a bad year for Canadian investors.

Twenty - five years later, armed with only the scantest of clues, he learns of a new technology called Google Earth and sets out to find his lost family.

Paul Bettany slips into the role now and while he bears only the scantest of resemblances to McDowell, there is about him the face of an angel masking a demon seed beneath that effectively channels McDowell's Alex from A CLOCKWORK ORANGE with it's unhinged intensity.

Not exact matches

Only competitive domestically, the banks have scant presence abroad.

It was a bold proclamation for a man armed with only $ 60,000 and scant Internet experience.

There was only one scant mention of the Bitcoin initiative in one of the reports that we quote below.

A second limitation is that it only provides a scant minimum of secondary and tertiary meanings.

The belief systems that gave us Ishtar, Habakuk, Isis, Osiris, Zeus, Hera, Frigga, Thor, Jupiter, Mars, Vishnu, Shiva, Elohim, Yaweh, Allah, AND God (just to name a SCANT few over the course of Human history - but, then again, if you're the kind of Xtian that believes the Earth is only 6000 years old, then you won't have much of a favorable view of what the remainder of us refer to AS «history»).

The Maccabean revolt, commendable as it seems to us, was likewise given scant honor by the contemporary author of Daniel; it was only «a little help.»

I made half a batch using 150g of dates and only 1 scant tablespoon of maple syrup, because I felt like they'd be a bit too sweet considering all those dates I had already put in!

When she is over I only use a scant amount of chili flakes.

okay, i made them again, this time dialing the salt back to a scant teaspoon to account for the salted butter, and only using 3.5 T of sugar.

It only takes a scant 1/4 tsp of salt for these muffins.

Our favorite version makes a quadruple batch where we add a scant 1t vanilla, 1 / 2t salt, 1T coconut flour, 2T almond flour, 1t cinnamon (they only ingredient in the original recipe that is not X 4), and 1 / 4t nutmeg.

;) i only managed to scrape a scant tablespoon off my poor rosemary seedling... i hope it survives the massacre!

Through four races he had only narrowed the gap between himself and the 30th - ranked threshold NASCAR mandated by a scant six points.

With Welbz injured and Sanchez basically playing LW, that leaves only OG and Theo at the ST position which to me is pretty scant.

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.

Details on the new regulatory agency, to be called the Department of Financial Services, are scant and will be included only in the final budget.

But there is another contentious element of the plan, found in both the House and Senate versions, that has received scant attention in Washington, mostly because it affects only one state: New York.