1.   But sometimes, even in a high-stakes world that leaves scant room for sentiment, friends do.

2.   But that leaves scant room for a doctor to exercise sound medical judgment as to the safest procedure in a particular abortion.

3.   In fact, any government, especially a Socialist-led one, would have scant room for maneuver if France is to qualify for the euro on time.

4.   Investors have been skeptical of the plan, arguing that there was little overlap at the two banks and that there was scant room for cost-cutting.

5.   Long-time Congress watcher Norman Ornstein says Republicans are operating with scant room for disagreement.

6.   Reno left scant room for the independent prosecutor to roam freely, narrowly wording the charter to limit the inquiry to Babbitt.

7.   Spatial transitions from compression to expansion leave scant room for museum fatigue.

8.   The plot works out, but the energy required leaves scant room for writer or viewer to consider its significance to Tennison.

9.   What scant room there might have been for the likes of Chris Dodd and Joe Biden will disappear.

10.   But there is scant room in the new, euro-bound Italy for such largesse.