Sentence examples for barely expand from inspiring English sources

After several years growing faster than the national average, Alberta's economy will barely expand this year and may even shrink.

The European commission warned today that the UK economy would shrink by 2.8% this year and barely expand in 2010.

Factory activity barely expanded in June, an index compiled by the statistics bureau showed.

Holyfield would buckle it around a waist that has barely expanded since he won his first professional title, in 1990.

The eurozone barely expanded in the second quarter, eking out 0.1% growth, while Germany, its largest economy, shrank by 0.2%.

Their official statements have barely expanded beyond the simple, awful charges against the three already in custody: murder and robbery.

Growth slowed to an annualised 0.5% in the first three months of 2016, which means that it was barely expanding at all.

All this is hampering the production of metals around the world, and so slowing the fall in prices.Nonetheless, the output of most metals is still growing much faster than that of oil which is barely expanding at all.

The Chinese statistics bureau released an index that showed factory activity had barely expanded in June, a month that was overshadowed by a credit crunch in the banking system.

Essential services such as safe water supplies, sanitation, and electricity are far from comprehensive in the rapidly growing urban areas and have barely expanded in rural areas since independence.

He said the Bush administration should aim to collect enough in taxes to pay for government operations each year without going into debt -- even when the economy barely expands.