| When the colonists arrived, they, too, were sustained by maple syrup due to the scarceness of white sugar. |
| Munificence relates to the scarceness of environment resources that support firm growth in a given industry. |
| This last component supposedly arose in response to the scarceness of Arabic speakers in America's armed forces and intelligence organizations. |
| Parenthetically, note that the rarity of the examples here presented does not imply the scarceness of the custom. |
| Due to the scarceness of datable sediments saprolites and duricrusts were widely used as defining features. |
| The colour of a diamond is one of the signs of its scarceness and justifies the price of the stone. |
