| This movement has, however, slowed over the past 2 to 3 years, due to the increasing scarceness of potential targets. |
| Parenthetically, note that the rarity of the examples here presented does not imply the scarceness of the custom. |
| The food scarceness which strikes Niger nowadays takes at both after the sky and after men. |
| This fits perfectly with our theme on the scarceness of water in the world. |
| The colour of a diamond is one of the signs of its scarceness and justifies the price of the stone. |
| This last component supposedly arose in response to the scarceness of Arabic speakers in America's armed forces and intelligence organizations. |
