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The phrase "apply barely" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express a minimal application of something, but the wording is awkward and unclear.
Example: "He could only apply barely enough effort to complete the task."
Alternatives: "apply minimally" or "apply slightly".
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African Diaspora Maritime might have been the only one to apply, barely beating the March 31 , 2011 deadline.
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When you apply it, barely touch the skin so you don´t irritate it.
While nearly half the girls surveyed for the campaign say they sing regularly in the school playground, this applies to barely a fifth of boys.
In the case of the Handler, the question is how the law applies to barely measurable amounts of silver — in particles thousands of times thinner than a human hair — that are intended to be strictly confined instead of spread into the environment.
Now that the youngest is ready to attend full-time school I find that the jobs I could apply for would barely cover the childcare that would be needed if I worked!
For their part, highly industrialized economies might be held back by labor regulations, but these barely apply in places where employment through formal contracts is rare.
Consequently the two clinical-level conditions for normalisation would barely apply to it.
These articles barely apply any of the identified analytical features and, partly as a result, make little effort to consider the wider relevance of their findings.
Apply the barely used lipstick.
According to the Red Cross, barely 1-21-2%ply for asylum in France.
So first, get some good red lipstick from a drugstore (not cheap stuff that's barely red), apply it real thick then smudge it with a tissue, don't get any on your chin,or else you'll look like a vampire.But don't be afraid of red lipstick, anyone can wear it.
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