Sentence examples for scarcely passes from inspiring English sources

In the light of the UK's consistent, material backing for some of western Asia's worst tyrants over many decades, up to and including the present day, the idea that the British state's involvement in Afghanistan was due to some principled commitment to democracy and human rights is one that scarcely passes the laugh test.

Crusaders against widespread alcoholism (as acute a problem in 1910 as the opioid epidemic is today) advanced to the folly of Prohibition, which created a set of organized-crime institutions whose effects have scarcely just passed.

With a slip that could scarcely pass unnoticed, McClaren even said yesterday that the door would never be "open" to Beckham, before correcting that to "closed".

Impressively embodied by Miranda Richardson in an underwritten role, Castle is attended by a pair of lickspittle officials who would scarcely pass muster in a Carry On version of Yes, Minister, and seems in this context to foreshadow Margaret Thatcher.

Sumatriptan and naratriptan especially are scarcely passing through BBB and showing a thin distribution in the central nervous system[20, 29].

Smatriptan and naratriptan especially are scarcely passed through the blood brain barrier (BBB) and were weakly distributed in the central nervous system [15, 16].

They walk around the city with scarcely a passing glance at the soldiers, only distinguishable from local police by the writing on their uniforms.

Yet when it comes to Iran some Indian politicians scarcely let pass an opportunity to tom-tom an "independent foreign policy" and "deep civilizational ties". In fact, despite all the talk about ancient ties, Iran's ruling mullahs are completely at odds with India's proud tradition of pluralism, and aren't exactly known for their appreciation of Indic culture.

Indeed, for many of the exotic languages, scholarship barely passed beyond the most rudimentary initial collection of word lists; grammatical analysis was scarcely approached.

Back home in England, scarcely a week passes without another person connected with the flight handing in his boarding pass.

Scarcely a sentence passes without a quotation or a citation.