barely enough

Yet, at the end of each day he would only have collected one or two rupees, barely enough to buy a dry chapati and a cup of sweet chai.

Lipper, an information group, reckons that the median European fund has euro25m of assets, barely enough to be economic to run.

She had cancer, and it was spreading rapidly. She had barely enough resources to put a cent in the medical treatments she would need.

They had to work from early morning until late at night for a wage barely enough to keep body and soul together.

the dank, dark, foul-smelling closet had barely enough space to hang a pair of sleeping hammocks, one above the other.

Just 161, 000 tonnes of it has been mined in the history of the world: barely enough to fill two Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Jim male player salary is barely enough to maintain a small staff of life, the heroine Alexandra Xian-hui is a good housewife.

"For the traditional programme, 18 months would be just fine. But if you want to accelerate skills, then two years is barely enough. "

A long life is barely enough for a man and woman to understand each other; and to understand is to love.

After repaying her debt in stools, she was left with 2 cents a day, barely enough to feed herself.

Their wages are barely enough to keep the wolf from the door.

The trouble is the power output still only amounts to milli watts, barely enough to trickle-charge a cellphone.

Barely enough to cover the cost of the food, but who cares?

my room is very small, barely enough to hold a bed and a wardrobe.

There was barely enough demand for the bonds to meet supply, even at a steep interest rate.

For him , that 's chicken feed -- barely enough to cover travel and hotel expenses .

I have not heard quite a while, so emotional conversation. And the one hour was barely enough for an exchange of views.

I had a tiny apartment in the Latin Quarter overlooking a cemetery, and I was earning barely enough money to keep body and soul together.

But this, the oil companies argue, is barely enough to keep production stable.

Note that 3500 joules is barely enough to melt 100g of chocolate or heat water for a cup of coffee.

Her income was barely enough to maintain one child, let alone three.

Thanks to political turmoil, high oil prices and fiscal profligacy, India was left with barely enough foreign exchange to last a fortnight.

But there was barely enough spark to light up a pocket flashlight.

It was small and dark and narrow, with barely enough room for the launch to squeeze through.

I may end up wealthy, or I may earn barely enough to support myself.

Many factories provide barely enough food for sustainability, let alone proper nutrition.

eg. Her old age pension gives her barely enough to get by.

'But it's surprising how quickly women make a decision. That's barely enough time to finish a drink together.

The average Beijing salary of 3, 700 yuan (about $550) is barely enough to live on in the increasingly expensive capital.

Barely enough breathing room, so get ready for a powerful ride.

Because of the money spent on opium and hired labor, he had barely enough food for himself.

The airport has a particularly short runway that ends just 40 feet from beach, leaving large planes just barely enough room to land.

This much food is barely enough for one family, least of all the whole village.

We had barely enough food to go around at the picnic.

Barely enough do they have to pay the rent this month.

At the prevailing black-market rate, the sum represented just $30, barely enough to buy a 50kg sack of rice.

There is barely enough time to appreciate the enormity of what is transpiring around your globe right now.

The food was largely tasteless, and barely enough tolive on.

We had barely enough money to last through the weekend.

That's barely enough time to finish a drink together.

In most marriages there is barely enough money to support one family in one country, notes Ms Spitz.

We have barely enough money to last the weekend.

He had barely enough money to live on.

The reality is that we have barely enough food for three days.

Typically, 12 families or about 55 persons crowd in a schoolroom. There is barely enough living space in this 7 x 7-meter room.

Eg. He has barely enough money to live on.

But many people hate what they do and earn barely enough money to survive.

They gave me barely enough food to sustain me.

I had barely enough money to buy the book.

He had barely enough money to buy food.

to have barely enough time

i had barely enough food , water