"It would really make us thin on the front line if he's not able to play," he said.

But even before that although he didn't quite say so jobs had been thin on the ground.

And the third problem is that we're far too thin on the ground.

Science teachers (even when I was a school) are thin on the ground.

But really good actors are quite thin on the ground.

So much to do but the results are thin on the ground.

Staff and volunteers have always been thin on the ground.

Everyone knew those bureau jobs were thin on the ground.

Though they are thin on the ground just at this moment.

He was sort of fat, going thin on top, but not old.