1.  Economic reports gave investors scant reason to hope that the Fed will stop with just one rate increase.

2.  Financial stocks rallied, following bonds up as a government jobs report gave the Federal Reserve scant reason to raise interst rates nexgtmonth.

3.  There is scant reason to believe that the current crop of African leaders has the capacity to manage the large amount of aid they are seeking, he said.

4.  There is scant reason to doubt him.

5.  There is scant reason for jollity, yet in this beleaguered island there is a kind of sociability you will not find elsewhere.

6.  Traders said they bought pounds before the move, fully expecting the rate rise, and saw scant reason to keep buying afterward.

7.  U.S. bonds staged the biggest rally in five weeks as a government jobs report gave the Federal Reserve scant reason to raise interest rates next month, traders said.

8.  Up to now, there has been scant reason to shift the spa from the travel pages into architecture.