Sentence examples for is would barely from inspiring English sources

Bosley Crowther, the most influential critic of The New York Times, wrote in 1958, "Any picture as loose in structure or as listless in tempo as this one is would barely pass as a 'rough cut' with the editors in Hollywood", even though he praised its gradually emerging poignancy and poetic quality.

I said, 'Michael, it is not available.' " And even if it had been, they would barely have been able to afford it.

Josephine, or JoJo as she is known, would barely make a noise.

But big as it is, it would barely make a dent in Los Angeles County's total projected need for new housing, now estimated at about 25,000 units a year.

But the small ideas the Republicans are championing would barely make a dent in the most critical problems threatening the health care system: the huge number of Americans without insurance and the ever-escalating costs of health care.

In contrast the ROA for Nordstrom and O'Reilly Automotive, which have only modest doses of leases that would be affected, would barely budge.

In contrast the ROA for Nordstrom and O'Reilly Automotive, which have only modest doses of leases that would be affected, would barely budge (see table: Lease Trouble Ahead?).

It's just that in past seasons the descriptions being applied to Karen would barely be noticed outside the affected areas.

The notion would be to harvest energy from turbines in an area where the wind is strong but the hulking towers would barely be visible.

The UN report concludes that "even if zero population growth were achieved, that would barely touch the climate problem".

He insisted that windfarms, "even when they are in motion, would barely pull the skin off a rice pudding" and denounced energy saving as a waste of effort.