Sentence examples for by a very lean from inspiring English sources

It turns out that a fugitive is living in this lofty vessel: an eccentric, no-longer-young man named Mud, played by a very lean Matthew McConaughey with scraggly long blond hair and a chipped tooth.

The UK has 5,000 customs staff and Border Force has 8,000: a very lean operation by international standards.

Regardless of whether or not the engine is running too rich or too lean, bring it down to a very lean mixture by turning both screws a quarter-turn at a time, counter-clockwise, then slowly bringing them back up to an equal and smooth mixture.

Name: DaDa Underwear City: Edinburgh Website: http://www.dadaunderwear.com/ Being efficient has allowed DaDa Underwear to grow in a very lean and scalable way - by concentrating on what we do well without bringing on too many staff too soon.

"A very lean, well-trained woman will be faster than a less lean, less fit man," he said.

"It's a very lean survival in Red Hook in the winter," Ms. Povich said.

It is, for a batting line-up of their calibre, a very lean run.

Of course, most of us serve cranberry sauce alongside turkey, a very lean bird.

Avocado slices add a rich smoothness to what would otherwise be a very "lean" dish, Mr. Ripert said.

This is a very lean book - short enough to suggest that there could only be so much of the game it plays, in which a writer is bitten by his novel.

We have a very lean machine and we focused on putting lead on the target," Mr. Santorum explained last month.