Sentence examples for is barely expected from inspiring English sources

He is summoned from a place that he knows like his own hand; he is packed off to a country of whose existence he was unaware and with which he had no quarrel; he is asked to fight, and possibly to die, in the defeat of an enemy whom he is barely expected to comprehend; and then, if he survives, he is sent back home, to resume his familiar ways.

Since then, CBS shares have declined about 17percentt: its core broadcast television business is barely growing and is expected, for the first time in six years, to lose its status, and slogan, as "America's most watched network".

Choosing both motifs for display causes CentriMo to report the intersection size as well 8%—which is barely above what would be expected by chance if the presence of the two motifs were uncorrelated (34 %·22 %=7.48 %).

And so the supposed tidal wave of competition that the law was expected to unleash is barely a ripple for most local phone consumers.

It passed with barely a murmur of interest in Gaza and the West Bank.Palestinians were hardly expecting anything different.

Today, the fertility rate is barely two, the average American can expect to live to nearly eighty, and the median age of the population is thirty-six and rising.

The new forecast is barely a quarter of what the company expected last year.

You may reasonably expect a turnout that is barely detectable.

Sadly, as expected, the small 2.0L engine is barely adequate to move this large Cadillac.

This divided management system is barely operational even under normal conditions, and can be expected to be ineffective and even counter-effective under emergencies.

Maybe it's too much to expect that the artists be entirely present when the audience is barely there.