Also, it was very expensive to use steel to record on, due to its relative scarcity during the era.

After years of relative scarcity, shows about animals are multiplying: some two dozen can now be found on television.

The expected relative scarcity of 30-year bonds in the future has made them especially attractive.

In fact, those depths are noted for the relative scarcity of living things.

One problem is the relative scarcity of weather records.

The relative scarcity of these makes bending relatively risky, and most are left as stock.

Their relative scarcity in the collection can also be a factor.

One political question has to do with the relative scarcity of American films.

But their relative scarcity suggests the tradition was never terribly popular in either country.

The wage rate not only captures individual performance, but also the relative scarcity of those skills in the labor market.