Sentence examples for a barely passing grade from inspiring English sources

In a follow-up report last month, it gave the administration a barely passing grade on preparations for this summer's drilling, saying that there is still no proven method for cleaning oil spilled in ice and that the Coast Guard lacks an adequate response capability in the region.

I still gave her a barely passing grade.

And the American Society of Engineers has given the nation's entire infrastructure system a barely passing grade of "D+." So how do we judge the president's commitment to rebuilding both the country and the workforce?

Asked to rate his government on how well it had achieved its goals, Mr. Karzai offered the barely passing grade of D. He said that corruption remained rampant and that the failure of the disarmament program was a source of keen anxiety among the people.

A handful of regional institutions received the equivalent of barely passing grades — including SunTrust, Regions Financial, KeyCorp and Fifth Third.

In terms of providing travel specific information like tips on lodging, dining and such, myskitrip.com gets barely passing grades.

Created to impose tight federal control over commercial airport security after the 2001 terrorist attacks, the agency continues to get failing or barely passing grades.

Nor will just passing grades suffice.

As Marla Hurban, an officer for the Yonkers Council of PTA's and a parent in the district, said in a telephone interview, "What was happening to a lot of students was that they were going through third grade with straight A's, to barely passing in fourth grade.

In spite of the superb, caring teachers in her home high school, she was slipping through the cracks, cutting classes, barely making passing grades.

When Berg asks her "why she had bothered to marry Luddy... she looked me right in the eye and, without thinking twice, said, 'Because I was a pig.' " Give her A-plus for consistency, but barely a passing grade for further illumination.