There was a paucity of drinking water during the drought. From LearnThat.org.
Some writers would not use the word paucity in this place without first knowing the meaning of it, but I am not that way. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks] Reference
Recalling the paucity of firearms among the people on the boat he felt that a single weapon could be ill spared. From Wordnik.com. [The Jungle Fugitives A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring] Reference
The Blur frontman said he would not be taking part in Live 8 and called the paucity of African and black artists on the bill an “oversight” on the part of the organizers. From Wordnik.com. [Clear Blur | PopPolitics.com] Reference
Your intellectaul paucity is alarming. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Clinton: Media, Politicians Shouldn’t Fuel ‘Hatriot’ Groups With Anti-Government Rhetoric That Inspired McVeigh] Reference
He came up with that conclusion after receiving a "paucity" of answers from Genachowski on the move. From Wordnik.com. [Rep. Dingell tells FCC to drop move for broadband regulations] Reference
There are a lot of managers in the Premier League that would love to suffer with such "paucity" of resources. From Wordnik.com. [SI.com] Reference
Throw in a word like "paucity" to make them feel good about themselves-and then an air of smugness and "walla" liberals are the party of ideas. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
MCN: You said at the Cable Show that you believed cable operators were not going to discriminate in their broadband business and you cited the 'paucity' of violations. From Wordnik.com. [Multichannel News: Cable Operators] Reference
Well, I'd say that a paucity of wit plays a big role. From Wordnik.com. [Crammed Down The Throat: The Mediagasm (VIDEO)] Reference
But it could also be taken as a sign of artistic paucity. From Wordnik.com. [Of new beginnings] Reference
From the paucity of records in the literature, I judge that the. From Wordnik.com. [Birds from Coahuila, Mexico] Reference
From the paucity of records in the literature, I judge that Steller's. From Wordnik.com. [Birds from Coahuila, Mexico] Reference
He, nevertheless, was not disconcerted by the paucity of information. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
Or were these qualities innate, dooming us to nastiness and paucity of spirit?. From Wordnik.com. [Further Under the Radar: More Books Not to Miss] Reference
But the paucity of ads should not prove fatal, assuming the publication catches on. From Wordnik.com. [Red Herring Redux] Reference
Hughes said the paucity of women is of concern, but not only from an equity perspective. From Wordnik.com. [2012 Project hopes to recruit new generation of female candidates] Reference
We also must somehow self-raise our own awareness, given the paucity of decent media coverage. From Wordnik.com. [Ethan Casey: Pakistan Floods: Why Should We Care?] Reference
The risk is compounded by the paucity of direct military-to-military contacts between the two sides. From Wordnik.com. [A Risky Game Of Chicken] Reference
Given the paucity of pants, seems like all that ritual bloodletting may be making him too weak to shop. From Wordnik.com. [Newsmakers] Reference
You may be certain that many others will, and the inciter will be mortified by the paucity of her guests. From Wordnik.com. [The Laws of Etiquette] Reference
NASA doesn't think the airlocks pose any risk, but Oberg also criticizes the station's paucity of windows. From Wordnik.com. [The Ultimate Thrill Ride] Reference
I judge from the paucity of records in the literature that the Eastern Wood Pewee is uncommon in Coahuila. From Wordnik.com. [Birds from Coahuila, Mexico] Reference
But even Yvonne Finnie, NAACP national youth director, concedes a paucity of members between the ages of 26 and 40. From Wordnik.com. [A Crisis Of Leadership] Reference
The paucity of measurements has already been explained, but those that were taken are given here for what they are worth. From Wordnik.com. [Negritos of Zambales] Reference
It is this, more than the paucity of the number of Jews in Italy, that explains the absence of anti-Jewish feeling there. From Wordnik.com. [The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915] Reference
A spokesman explained that the paucity of black WAVES resulted from the fact that Negroes were barred from the WAVES until. From Wordnik.com. [Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965] Reference
To read an account of a highland breakfast, in contradistinction to this paucity of comestibles, is to make one almost pensive. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
It certainly seems strange, considering the paucity of skilled labour in Finland, that so many of the population should emigrate. From Wordnik.com. [Through Finland in Carts] Reference
The failure of the sale highlights a factor that has contributed to a paucity of merger activity since the financial crisis began. From Wordnik.com. [Abbott Abandons Sale of Unit] Reference
Given the historical paucity of our run game, getting 100 yards on the ground as an Eagle is not an easy feat to accomplish, you know. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth Engel: 2010 NFL Week 2 Recap] Reference
Obviously, that would be a horrible control group to put people in, but there is a paucity of options in a lot of parts of the country. From Wordnik.com. ['Cutting funding for early childhood education in order to meet the current budget shortfall is probably not a great idea'] Reference
On the other hand, there's always the possibility that my painting itself is responsible for the paucity of museum shows on abstract art. From Wordnik.com. [The Other Side Of The Opening] Reference
Entrepreneurs identify two main obstacles to companies growing bigger: a lack of later-stage financing and a paucity of managerial talent. From Wordnik.com. [Innovative Israel Failing To Grow High-Tech Start-Ups] Reference
And as obvious becomes one's paucity of expression, one's week-kneed imagination, one's imperfect assimilation of the spirit of the story. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
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