Sentences with phrase «scant support from»

He ended his quest to develop that site because of scant support from local political leaders, according to a representative.

Oil prices got scant support from the equities market.

Not exact matches

Mrs. Huntley has a scant record, but she does have support from Democratic leaders, who admire her obedience.

But while a decade - long slump in tourism has resulted in scant state support for conservation programs, not all the news from the front lines is bad: For instance, managers are making inroads against a particularly nasty invasive plant called miconia, and fences erected around preserves have helped reduce populations of pigs, goats, and other unwanted animals.

The reform movement received scant support... from the powerful professional organizations that represent the managers of the nation's schools and school systems.

(That's one reason there's scant support for the second sentence in that glacier statement above, which definitively fingers greenhouse gases from humans as the main cause of the ice loss.)

The new regime comes after a similar plan was turned down in 2001 when it attracted scant support in consultation from anyone but the good for the moneyites.