Sentence examples for barely outnumbering from inspiring English sources

At Tesco Extra in Streatham, south London, there were only 11 people in the queue when the supermarket opened at 5am – barely outnumbering the security guards.

"All that for one man?" said one bystander, as the small crowd, barely outnumbering the officers, turned and went back to their business with a grin and a shrug.

Advancing stocks barely outnumbered declining stocks.

Advancing issues barely outnumbered decliners on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume was moderate.

Now, "yes" voters (52%) barely outnumber "no" voters (48%)—despite a campaign in which the leaders of all main parties agreed that it would be wrong for Britain to leave the EU.

In response to the last 13 Fed rate increases, including the 7 that began in February 1994, the up days barely outnumber the down days, 7 to 6. HOW MANY JOBS? -- The other significant economic news this week is the June employment report, due on Friday.

You, me and the neighbor next door I visited a friend recently in a bucolic New England town where Land Rovers barely outnumber picket fences and private backyard tennis courts.

He was not without sympathy for the guards, overworked and outnumbered, some barely older than he was.

"We're outnumbering them now".

They seemed badly outnumbered.

A French attempt to lift this siege resulted, on 16 May, in the bloody Battle of Albuera, in which Beresford's strong Allied corps maintained the siege, but only barely managed to hold off an outnumbered French army, again commanded by Soult.