Sentence examples for could not adequately from inspiring English sources

Musical busy-ness could not adequately replace a brilliant movie's spaciousness and detachment.

Júlio César got a hand to the ball, but could not adequately deflect its flight.

The city also contended that because the seven named plaintiffs were mentally ill, they could not adequately represent a class.

They city also contended that because the seven named plaintiffs were mentally ill, they could not adequately represent a class.

The department's gurneys could not adequately support the patients' weight, and the department had to pay a private ambulance company.

The city government and the police decided, somewhat spinelessly, that they could not adequately ensure the safety of the participants, and the parade was cancelled.

"While we were prepared to go forward, we believe we could not adequately present our case without the full cooperation of our victim," Mr. Donovan said.

These students had taken American history courses in high school, but "a large majority" could not adequately identify Lincoln, Jefferson, Jackson or Theodore Roosevelt.

Perhaps it was inevitable that a chorus of hundreds could not adequately differentiate between students, soldiers, will-o'-the-wisps and malign spirits.

Family members issued a statement through a spokesman saying they could not adequately express the "shock and sadness" they were feeling.

As reports poured out of Baghdad about the September shootings by several Blackwater guards, the company felt it could not adequately defend itself.