Suddenly your ma or msc seems
rather paltry
as you contemplate the competition you're up against in getting a job.
Paltry by comparison.
Paltry sum
of £ 16,000 a year is beyond belief.
O f course, there's still the crown regalia, which even today
seem paltry
compared to the regalia of other countries.
This may look a long period for
so paltry
a world.
Paltry salaries
or they would all join the armed resistance.
Unfortunately, a
very paltry
amount of time was given to that amendment, as so often happens in another place.
Paltry amounts.
Although investment is at record levels, it is still
pretty paltry.
Paltry figure
of 0.7 miles well into the shade.
These infinitesimal distinctions between man and man are
too paltry
for an omnipotent being.
Paltry fee
of £ 75,000.
Fines for successful prosecutions are
often paltry, but have been as high £ 101,000.
Paltry return
for your thirty notes, there's the small matter of the high-score table to consider.
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