Sentence examples for least sufficient from inspiring English sources

By adequate washing, at least sufficient numbers of bacteria are flushed out to prevent the infection.

"My goal is to turn ambidexterity and cornball humor into gold, or at least sufficient green," he said.

"The thinking was that dividends and interest on the investments would be at least sufficient to make payments on the notes," said Randal Rucker, the group's chief executive.

A new report from Congress's investigative arm provides a powerful fresh dose of nonpartisan realism about Iraq as President Bush tries to spin people into thinking that significant — or at least sufficient — progress is being made.

The statutory guidance states local authorities should see evidence that "service providers deliver services through staff remunerated so as to retain an effective workforce" and that "remuneration must be at least sufficient to comply with the national minimum wage legislation for hourly pay or equivalent salary".

His internal support remains solid despite a shaky stretch for a leader who has managed to confound and frustrate Democrats and President Obama for much of the past two years, even when Democrats controlled a 60-vote bloc that was, theoretically at least, sufficient to overcome a Republican filibuster.

The weather in here is always, if not warm, at least of sufficient drama to enable conversation when the communal dining room goes quiet.

He said the United States still hoped to achieve a consensus among the permanent members, but wanted at least "a sufficient level of understanding between us so that there is no veto in the offing".

The MPs urge the government to consider limiting the trains' speed at a maximum of 185mph to curb carbon emissions through lower energy consumption – at least until sufficient greener sources of electricity are available.

"The pace of job growth in recent months, while still not satisfactory compared to most past cycles, at least seems sufficient to generate enough income growth to keep consumer spending moving ahead at a moderate pace," wrote Joshua Shapiro of MFR.

The notion was that even if the government lacked proof of the various pieces of the puzzle, evidence that was merely suggestive in isolation could add up to an integrated whole, at least one sufficient to meet the government's "preponderance" standard.