Sentence examples for was barely adequate for from inspiring English sources

Even with its supercharger, the four-cylinder engine was barely adequate for such a solid, heavy car.

The army of 100,000 men, though the third largest in Europe, was barely adequate for the defense of so large and scattered a realm.

AV Club: The original Tron was by no means perfect it was barely adequate, for that matter but it nonetheless had a sense of fun and adventure, turning on the adolescent fantasy of arcade junkies being inside the games they play.

The ground was barely adequate for football, despite the best efforts of groundsmen Charlie and Ned Massey, but its use in the winter made it even less suitable for cricket in the summer.

W.E.B. indicated that, in general, current Internet bandwidth to Nairobi was barely adequate for interactive teaching using diagnostic images.

Blunt knives, of course, were barely adequate for most meats.

The fact is, soldiers' pay is barely adequate for subsistence.

It is likely that the presently attained S/N of 100 for BPCR is barely adequate for in vivo studies.

Often protein skimmers are under-rated for the size of tank, so in practice a skimmer rated for a 100 gallon (378.5 L) tank is barely adequate for a 50 gallon (189.3 L) reef tank (especially one with many fish that get fed a lot).

The chi-square statistic was significant [chi square (77) = 190.19, p <.001). The GFI (.826), TLI (.852) and CLI (.875) fit statistics were all lower than the recommended guidelines, indicating misfit. The RMSEA (.098) was barely adequate. A one-factor model for the 13 item version also showed poor model fit (see Table 4).

This was barely adequate to guard important locations, and was insufficient for offensive action.