Today it stands at barely half its level of 15 years ago.

It should be noted that Haiti supplies barely half its own food needs.

Barely tolerable

Just barely.

Though wages and salaries nominally rose 550 per cent for the period 1990 1993, it barely covered half of the inflation rise for the same period.

Average salaries stood at 807 dinars ( 133) in June 1997, a sum which barely covers half the average monthly consumer basket, estimated at 1,556 dinars ( 257).

I barely started.

It's barely noon.

I could barely breathe.

I barely know her.

Just barely...but alive.

I barely made it.

You can barely stand.

He barely knows me.

I barely recognize you.

Rangers managed just two first half shots on target but former Ibrox goalkeeper Liam Kelly was barely troubled by Lassana Coulibaly's header and a tame Ovie Ejaria strike.

He barely passed the examination.

I can barely see you.

I was barely able to work.

He had barely enough to eat.

I can barely stand his behavior.

We just barely made the train.

And I barely finished elementary school.

They barely have enough for themselves.

The couple are barely 18 years old.

You can barely stand outside the tent.

We have barely enough bread for breakfast.

We can barely keep our bellies full.

He can barely crawl to the sea.

A barely noticeable substitution of ruling groups.

I barely escaped being hit by the truck.

The shooting victim is alive, but just barely.

I could barely get out of bed yesterday.

And they barely lose those really big states.

My cell barely measured three metres by two.

He looked as if he was barely 16.

I'm hungry. Those ration coupons are barely enough.

You can just barely catch the boat train.

And I see you can barely stand daylight.

Indeed, France s manufacturing industry has shrunk to barely 9 of GDP, less than Britain s manufacturing share (10 ) and less than half of Germany s (20 ). Its current account is sliding into an ever deeper deficit hole.

I could barely breathe. I was gasping for air.

Barely any controls had been placed on diamond production.

We barely got cleaned up in time to open.

Harry just turned 19, and the girl's barely 18.

I still recall how we barely survived that year.