Sentence examples for hardly poor from inspiring English sources

But they are hardly poor relations.

His parents were of modest means but hardly poor.

Though anchors are hardly poor, they are far from rich, either.

She added, "Landlords are hardly impoverished, landlords are hardly hurting, landlords are hardly poor".

As with their K-League counterparts, Japanese clubs are hardly poor, but there are no lavish contracts for well-known foreign players.

Pocket buyers, earning around £40,000, are hardly poor, and Vlessing concedes that they can still only "just about, on tippy toes" afford the flats (half the buyers get financial help from their parents).

Salaries alone drain 60% of the state budget, and domestic debt is bigger than GDP.Special report Time travellers Middle Earth People pressure A pearl in the Indian diaspora No taxation, no representation The pen and the sword Meccanomics Beyond oil Sources and acknowledgements ReprintsThe kingdom is hardly poor, yet compared with its neighbours it is looking increasingly less comfortable.

Hastert was hardly poor by the time he left Congress.