Sentence examples for acceptable borderline from inspiring English sources
First, the quality of the chest radiograph was classified as acceptable, borderline, or not usable.
The images of 190 different olives of four varietals (Ascolano, Manzanillo, Mission, and Sevillano), which were categorized into four quality-based groups (optimal, acceptable, borderline, and unacceptable), were employed to design a set of linear (partial least squares) and non-linear (artificial neural networks) mathematical models.
To deal with this problem, we classified sites, lots, and technicians according to whether their observed false positive rates were ≤0.5%, >0.5% and <1.0%, or ≥1.0%, representing acceptable, borderline, and clearly unacceptable rates, and then controlled for these classifications.
In 2000, Kaufman et al. compared the Angoff method (different from the modified Angoff, whereby judges estimate 'the probability that a 'minimally acceptable' or borderline candidate would answer an item correctly') [ 13] and the BG method, and found that both provide reasonable and defensible results in the medical school setting [ 6].
For example, his calcium intake was borderline acceptable, but ketosis and raised citrate levels could indicate disordered mineral metabolism and losses.
And to my black male friends I was borderline acceptable: I didn't quite possess the idealised caramel complexion, but I wasn't considered "too dark" either.
That's generally the way with wines at the more industrial end of the market: judicious home blending of budget bottles can make the difference between borderline acceptable and pleasantly palatable.
In summary: Hodgson's resemblance to an owl: 10/10 The benefits of resembling an owl if you're an international football manager: 5/10 GM I think there was a time when having a monochrome canvas print on your wall was considered to be in borderline acceptable taste.
At 22% body fat, I was borderline acceptable.
Bottom line: alienating your immediate family with a weird looking face computer is borderline acceptable, especially if you're doing it in your bedroom where your nearest and dearest are used to seeing you noodle around with gadgets.
yellow with brown spots (borderline acceptable but not ideal).
