11.   Nicholas points out that Boston Scientific insiders are not insulated managers with scant financial interest beyond their paychecks.

12.   Pataki has expressed scant interest in the school governance issue, even though the state spends billions of dollars each year on New York City schools.

13.   Several of these state attorneys general take only a scant interest in the proceedings.

14.   The entrepreneurs in the field said they have scant interest in government help.

15.   The little cheese-flavored crackers were popular among preschoolers and the bar-stool set, but they drew scant interest from other demographic groups.

16.   The U.S. government has expressed scant interest in getting to the bottom of the issue.

17.   There is scant interest on the part of UCLA fans in traveling to Boise.

18.   Unlike most high-tech legislation, repealing the telephone tax drew scant interest from Silicon Valley.

19.   Other foreign companies have shown scant interest in paying millions of dollars in advance for rooms in a skeleton of a building.

20.   But preliminary soundings from Beirut indicated scant interest in offering peace to Israel.