Sentences with phrase «scant protection»

Still, geographic distance affords scant protection from the truth's bitter taste.
The current planning system offers scant protection for pubs, with it being perfectly legal to demolition a pub, unless the building is listed or is in a conservation area - even when this goes against the wishes of the landlord and the local community.
«First Amendment offers scant protection for professors.»
The rag - tag team left the harbor aboard a modest motorized lifeboat seating only a dozen and offering scant protection against the elements.
A $ 10,000 policy is scant protection against the many thousands of unrecoverable funds that could be lost in one fraudulent wire transfer.
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