21. Elsewhere, newsflow was thin on the ground . 22. Expectations of a rate increase amid strenuous budget-cutting measures and high unemployment are also thin on the ground . 23. But programs that work like that are pretty thin on the ground , at least on the Linux desktop. 24. The traditionally-strong British challenge, successful last year with Celtic Swing, looks thin on the ground with just 4 entries. 25. Editors are thin on the ground in Hampshire . talk ) 21 : 08, 11 December 2016 ( UTC) 26. Bureaucrat tasks are pretty thin on the ground right now .-Talk 10 : 39, 21 February 2009 ( UTC) 27. With so many new ingredients, results were again thin on the ground although Capelli often qualified and raced well. 28. The British Imperial General Staff prepared for a military defence of the region, which was lamentably thin on the ground . 29. Although still fairly thin on the ground , Wellington hastwo excellent hotels that provide top quality accommodation and theservice that goes with it. 30. Christian conservatives are thin on the ground in New Hampshire; they accounted for only 16 percent of the Republican primary vote there.