skeleton staff in a sentence

Examples

1. Hospitals were to operate with a skeleton staff for emergencies.
2. The Clinton family, meanwhile, will make do with a skeleton staff in the mansion.
3. Only a skeleton staff from the company's 26, 000 employees would deal with emergencies.
4. A skeleton staff remained on hand while 270 personnel were moved out of the building.
5. Employers are threatening to eliminate all but skeleton staffs.
6. A skeleton staff will stay on duty, including people to run the reservations system computers.
7. The securities firm maintains a skeleton staff to deal with lawsuits and other unfinished business.
8. The official, Richard Butler, said that only a skeleton staff would be left in place.
9. The lodges are being operated with skeleton staff from other ethnic groups, the manger said.
10. Employees there said only a skeleton staff was working because it is a local holiday.