Sentence examples for has barely dipped from inspiring English sources

Usage has barely dipped since.

Yet the Whitecaps' offensive creativity has barely dipped.

The margin on fixed-rate mortgages soared last December to over two percentage points above the banks' theoretical cost of funds, and has barely dipped since then (see chart).That has left room for the banks with little or no baggage to enter the market or expand their presence at competitive prices.

Yet Mr. Levy has barely dipped his toe into instructional issues -- a strategy he says is deliberate and one that sets him apart from his recent predecessors, all career educators who rolled out major education initiatives soon after arriving on the job.

By the turn of the millennium, when Yeltsin stood down, and appointed Putin acting president in his place, the unknown prime minister's public approval rating was above 70% a level it has barely dipped below ever since.

Mr. Laming said McDonald's had barely dipped its toe in the Chinese market.

The evening sun had barely dipped behind the OCS Stand; the boos rang out, fueled by the booze, but hardly unjustified after an abject display from some highly compensated players.

Equalling our record points tally with a game to spare, despite that horror run in the winter, is a definite plus, and could still be rewarded with a return to European football, having barely dipped a toe in the competition at the start of this campaign.

The take: Rodriguez was almost stupidly good in 2013 as a 22-year-old reliever who had barely dipped his toes in the minors.

Sales have hardly dipped this fall.

Although the number of cinemas playing Jurassic World has barely changed, the screen count and showtime count will have dipped significantly, as multiplexes switched their focus to Minions.