Part of the higher price, he added, is the need for communities and developers to hire Republican consultants to get them the scarce money.

He had started construction of a church, but with money extremely scarce he felt the building project would have to be abandoned.

I fear you will find money scarce in Egypt, for the land has been stricken with a famine.

BUT the battle is about more than the scramble for scarce money.

"As a result, we're trying to take scarce money and spend it on the part of the railroad where there is growth."

Forget about scarce money, shrinking touring dates and the sorry state of the world in general.

You also express concern about committing "scarce public money" to this project.

Reluctant to cost their lord scarce money by throwing food out.

The effects of the Great Depression made money scarce throughout the early 1930s.

Mr. Little has said he would rather spend scarce money on social services than on medical care.