Sentences with word «scant»

But although P - 22 has prey, he's alone, with scant chance of finding a mate.

But scant few tech companies are making it through.

Baking, steaming or boiling in scant amounts of water is the best way to allow the vegetables to become soft while maintaining the nutrients.

Control orders put people, not convicted of any crime, under virtual house arrest based on scant evidence.

All value was placed on the act of counting, with scant attention paid to exactly what was being counted.

The budget released today is often scant on details, including how cuts to various science agencies will be distributed.

Baking, steaming or boiling in scant amounts of water is the best way to allow the vegetables to become soft while maintaining the nutrients.

At the same time, the currency and commodity markets were on fire after a recent meeting of global central bankers offered scant details about the future of monetary policy.

Add 1 scant cup of hot stock to the rice, cook and stir often, until it is absorbed.

Also be sure to form scant tablespoon sized balls so that the cookies are bite sized and so that you get the correct yield.

This second question has received scant attention in the literature.

While details are pretty scant at the moment enjoy the awesome pics below.

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

Although growing and gathering food is humanity's most important activity, the potential global food problem is given scant attention by either the media or in education systems.

Those stocks have been particularly attractive in recent years, when interest rates were close to record lows and bonds were paying scant amounts of interest.

Workers in support of the strike argue that their employers have failed to pay overtime or provide rest breaks, and offer scant opportunities for upward mobility.

Bring 4 cups water, 2 cups broth, barley, and 1 scant teaspoon sea salt to boil in large pot.

Companies too often join in, pushing agendas with scant regard for the full truth.

The adaptation allows the plant to use scant resources, such as water and nitrogen, more efficiently.

I have a sibling from a closed adoption who grew up with scant information about her birth family.

For the advice sector, virtual practice will also be increasingly important as a way of leveraging scant resources.

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

He said the government's schools reforms were «a free market experiment brought in at break - neck speed with scant supporting evidence».

Details remain scant as rumors go, but it's a welcome push to improve the VR experience.

Details on the new features remain scant, and the design could remain mostly the same in order to reduce costs.

Oil prices got scant support from the equities market.

There are scant data on whether stopping the clock actually hurts a faculty member's chance of receiving tenure.

In an age which prides itself on sensitivity, the pope's choice of words showed scant concern for Israeli sensitivities.

I recommend making scant measurements of everything for the sauce and then adding more of this - and - that to taste to round it out.

Something that has been in scant supply these past few months.

Some large - scale demonstrations would be great (although there's still scant evidence anyone is serious about paying to test the technology at full industrial scale).

This section outlines three such stocks that have received scant mention in past quarterly reports, each representing positions of less than 2 %.

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

Although interest in extended periods beyond the traditional 50 - minute period has existed since 1963, quantitative studies on the effects of longer class periods are still relatively scant.

Cut pear halves vertically into very scant 1 / 4 - inch - thick slices.

There has been scant research examining the rate at which muscles, or people, recover from training.

Pour scant 1/4 cup batter into skillet and tilt pan quickly to coat bottom.

But these places have scant experience or standards for designing buildings to flex rather than fall.

The amount of the discharge is oftentimes so scant or so lost in the fur of the dam that it will be missed even by a breeder looking for it.

Only 25 percent express support, probably because the public sees scant benefit from moving a child from one failing school to another.

If you end up having to add another six spoons you may have been over generous with the flour or too scant on the oil!

While your quote may be lower with a ridiculously high deductible and scant coverage options, not having enough coverage may defeat the purpose of having insurance in the first place.

Of course, the thought of teaching with such scant preparation is horrifying.

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.

Officials there have shown scant interest in a series of attempts to reform the existing constitutional structure.

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.

I have yet to see references to the first part of this statement and scant reference to the second.

But, based on scant plot summaries and the expectation of quality from prior work, they are certainly examples of the infinite possibility of a new year.