Sentence examples for it proved inadequate from inspiring English sources

The first one came in 1989, and it proved inadequate as the economy entered a recession the next year and the stock market suffered.

If it proves inadequate, a second drug is added and the combination manipulated until the most effective regimen with the fewest side effects is found.

My tactic was crude — avoid misapprehension by minimizing the range of words that needed comprehension — and it soon proved inadequate.

The logical framework approach (LFA) is widely used throughout the aid industry for project design and appraisal, and although much of the literature also promotes the use of the LFA for the purposes of M&E, it has proved inadequate.

The cistern system provided temporary water security, but eventually it clearly proved inadequate.

With the rise of the Manchus at the end of the 16th century, however, its defenses proved inadequate, and it was overrun by the armies of Nurhachi, a Manchurian tribal chieftain, in 1621.

Mr North said: "We do need to be concerned that the arrangements for control and reporting of the budget and project timescales proved inadequate and it's very important that these issues are being addressed and lessons are being learned".

One important reason the current model has proved inadequate is that it was initially applied to hospitalized depressed patients.

But Amnesty says the BICI findings have proved inadequate and what it calls "piecemeal reforms" have not gone far enough.

Though the stimulus proved inadequate in scale, it helped reduce the depth of the downturn.

Its "closed loop" scheme had proved inadequate to producing the 12 to 15 megawatts as promised.