To make matters worse, there were sparse resources for properly entrenching their line, and strengthening their position.

In recent years the government and foreign donors have made great efforts to develop Nepal's rather sparse natural resources.

The Santiago Carnival, held July 18-26, and one of the most important annual events, was canceled this year in order to save sparse resources.

The Downside: Inadequate building and sparse resources.

Further, why should the general population put their sparse resources into old buildings rather than their young people.

Schools are also inadequate in these neighborhoods, with enrollments straining already sparse resources.

They were a nomadic people living in small groups given the sparse resources available in the desert environment.

Males and females use their horns to defend the sparse territorial resources against interlopers.

The country's sparse agricultural resources limit agricultural growth.

The general neglect of the RAF until the late spurt in 1938 had left sparse resources to build defences.