Under Diogo, a lay organization of teachers first grew up to support and supplement the always meager number of ordained priests.

It's not awful, but its mildness and meager musical numbers make it a dim prospect to last very long on Broadway.

They are not even the 10%, as evidenced by their meager numbers.

I think you'd better check on your so-called meager numbers.

Despite the meager numbers this year, Flitman said he was expecting a larger turnout in 1989.

That's a big increase over the last few years, but still a meager number if you relate it to policy.

A poll this week said 20 percent predicted victory, a meager number for a host country.

Low standards of living and economic performance primarily accounts for such a meager number.

That is, the Boss's effort to fortify the middle of his lineup, and the meager number of teams with enough money to contest him.

The chief puzzle is the apparently meager number of human genes.