The phrase "adequate margin" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to indicate that there is a sufficient amount of space or difference to ensure safety or effectiveness, such as in finance, design, or planning.
Example: "When budgeting for the project, it's important to include an adequate margin to cover unexpected expenses."
Alternatives: "sufficient buffer" or "ample leeway".
"In 1998, as the market was liberalised, the regulator believed 1.5% was an adequate margin for energy suppliers.
"That's an all-time low that provides an adequate margin to justify new development," Mr. Alperin said.
The act does not set numbers; it requires the agency to set a standard strict enough "to protect the public health" and allow "an adequate margin of safety".
Under the act, the E.P.A. administrator is required to establish "uncompromising" air quality standards that protect public health "with an adequate margin of safety".
He said the Clean Air Act, properly understood, did not leave the E.P.A. with limitless discretion, instead instructing the agency's administrator to set standards that "allowing an adequate margin of safety, are requisite to protect the public health".
As written in 1970, the act imposes one overriding obligation on the E.P.A. administrator: to establish air quality standards "requisite to protect the public health" with "an adequate margin of safety".
Tom Baughman, Ford's director of light truck engineering, has acknowledged that Explorer tires could suffer damage if the pressure fell below 20 pounds, but said that 26 pounds provided an adequate margin of safety.
As written in 1970, and interpreted in several lower court decisions over the years, the act imposed one overriding obligation on the administrator -- to protect the public health "with an adequate margin of safety".
The law directs the Environmental Protection Agency to set national air quality standards at levels that "in the judgment of the administrator" and "allowing an adequate margin of safety" are "requisite to protect the public health".
"This will not be easy to achieve, whichever number the E.P.A. ultimately chooses, but it's a decision that will ensure that public health is protected with an adequate margin of safety".
The E.P.A. has a clear obligation under the law (reaffirmed by the Supreme Court in 2001) to set standards protecting public health "with an adequate margin of safety," based on the latest science.
