Sentence examples for let alone operate from inspiring English sources

Some, like All Souls', cannot afford a full-time minister, let alone operate a soup kitchen or clothes pantry.

EWoman (www.ewoman.co.jp/) is jumping into a stampede, and whether it or any other Web site will dominate the women's market, let alone operate profitably, is an open question.

Trying to size up these puzzles is like gaping at a homemade contraption that has mysteriously evolved into something even its designers can no longer fathom, let alone operate and dismantle.

Very rarely were so many guerrillas in the same place at the same time, let alone operating within such a well-organized and hierarchical command structure.

You know, because no other browser, let alone operating system, can work in the Internet.

Despite this, little research has been conducted to analyze and/or compare the workflow of clinical trials, let alone those operating across international boundaries [5].

As a result, Avanex has a hard time covering the cost of its sales, let alone its operating expenses.

When the project was officially scrapped last month, museum officials said they were concerned that the building would have been too expensive to operate let alone build in the current economic climate.

I couldn't for the life of me understand how a company like Amazon could operate, let alone flourish.

The company had very little cash with which to operate, let alone satisfy enormous debts.

Other fiscal watchdogs have also criticized the arrangement, saying it is bad fiscal practice and expensive to borrow to pay current operating expenses, let alone 25-year-old operating expenses.