Brazilian law and international rules forbid teams to sign players who have barely entered their teens.

This is the sort of thing that Al Gore loves to talk about, but so far global warming has barely entered the presidential campaign.

Here, the drafters stake out a position that seems almost obvious to economists, but has barely entered the consciousness of environmental policy makers.

The tall, grey-haired man had barely entered his office when the telephone rang.

He has barely entered the covered area when Pergun greets him.

He had barely entered his room and seated himself on the edge of the bed when there was a thrap on the door.

At this stage the very idea of prehistory had barely entered into the language of science.

The gnomes had barely entered the edge of the thicket when the baying started up, close at hand.

The long blue twilight barely entered here, and they must go slowly through the undergrowth.

They not only failed to score in the second half, but they also barely entered Falcon territory.