Sentence examples for barely scrape through from inspiring English sources
Mr Gove wants teaching to become so oversubscribed that England could do likewise; he has decreed that only graduates with good degrees will receive training grants, excluding those who barely scrape through, who had qualified until this year.Mr Gove's chances of realising his goal are improving.
Horan barely scrapes through his initial audition.
Bernardo Bertolucci's electric wheelchair barely scrapes through the door frame of the Rotterdam office where he is giving interviews.
Stephen Cohen, on the other hand was an appalling pupil, barely scraping through high school despite an extraordinary intellect.
The most pressing problems are Spain's cajas, or savings banks, and those Italian lenders that barely scraped through Europe's latest stress tests.
Despite a rash of injuries, barely scraping through the qualifying round and a mishmash lineup, Germany, a three-time World Cup champion, trounced Saudi Arabia, 8-0, in the opening match for both teams today.
After beating Ecuador 2-0 in their first group stage fixture, the Azzurri lost 2-1 to Croatia and drew 1-1 with Mexico, barely scraping through to the knock-out phase.
To begin with, the nuclear deal precipitated a no-confidence vote that he barely scraped through.
They would rather drive their Toyota Yaris that barely scraped through its last MOT down the M1 for five hours than get on a train.
Another 15 lenders only just scraped through.
