1.   All too soon it was over and we left feeling we had just scratched the surface of this fascinating Republic.

2.   But after a summer in Trinidad, he realized he had only scratched the surface of the eclectic and complex belief system.

3.   I think we have only scratched the surface of this problem.

4.   Mr Burrows added cultivator tines to scratch the surface and provide an adequate tilth for the rapeseed.

5.   So far palaeontologists have only scratched the surface of a formation that Rauhut estimates covers at least several hundred square kilometres.

6.   So far, we have only scratched the surface of the information available on this topic.

7.   The end of the upper branches scratched the surface like phonograph needles.

8.   We had only two weeks to tour Malaysia, which was hardly enough time to scratch the surface.

9.   But its economy is stuck in recession and it barely has the money to even scratch the surface of the problem.

10.   And in examining the implications of growing up poor and white in a mostly Hispanic neighborhood, the screenplay barely scratches the surface.