Sentence examples for adequate better from inspiring English sources

But we should admit that as a consequence, others are enjoying the rewards of their purchase while we have to make and mend do with alternatives that are adequate, better in some ways, but very possibly inferior overall.

Tim Hopper, the Pericles through most of the play, is at best adequate, better in some scenes than others, but he never quite achieves the superhero status the plot needs.

They try to cushion the loss of earnings by opting for low productivity jobs (mostly in the informal sector) instead of not working at all while they continue to search for more adequate, better paid jobs.

Similarly, the calibration is also adequate, better than the CHD risk score[ 9]but poorer than the all-cause mortality risk score [ 10].

Ms. Lucci's singing is plain but adequate, and better on uptempo songs than on ballads.

The study found that half the women who died received care that was considered adequate or better in their first trimester.

"The tax laws must be applied with integrity and fairness," he said, adding that "I am hopeful that with adequate resources, better training, the leadership of Charles Rossotti and continuous modernization of the agency, the I.R.S. will improve".

It is also believed that while the BBC's coverage of some of the biggest stories – MPs' expenses, phone hacking and child sex-grooming, for example – has been adequate or better than adequate, none of them were stories broken or developed by BBC current affairs.

There are challenges associated with growing populations, but at this point, there is no reason to think that available food and energy won't be adequate given better policies and technology.As Mr Thoma writes, however, Mr Jacoby overreaches in arguing that we should be nervous about depopulation (saying, "Never in history have we had economic prosperity accompanied by depopulation").

On the uplink, the quality is degraded but still adequate and better than ADSL.

Eighty-six percent of scans with NECpatient of more than 37 Mcounts/m are definitely adequate or better.