Hardly anyone was saying the world was awash with liquidity in 2003.

But today s global downturn can hardly be dismissed as unimportant for the US or anyone else.

Hardly anyone on the European Council seems willing even to acknowledge the depth of the EU crisis.

Before the real estate boom of the late 1970 s, hardly anyone was worried about rising home prices.

Hardly anyone understands our dogmatic austerity policy, which goes against all experience, and we are considered largely off course, if not heading into oncoming traffic.

I was 14, and I emailed professors at the local university to see if maybe I could go work in their lab. And hardly anyone responded.

To do so, they develop complicated legal claim structures that hardly anyone can fully understand and operate with too little equity capital to cover the risks.

Well, hardly ever!

The second category, comprising New Guinea, Samoa, and South West Africa, were located so close to responsible supervisors that the mandates could hardly be given to anyone except Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.

This is hardly surprising.

That is hardly surprising.

Sinai is hardly alone.

Trustworthiness is hardly universal.

Tretyakov is hardly alone.

This is hardly surprising.

I can hardly walk.

Brazil s cautious tone has become more attractive than fiery anti imperialist rhetoric. While the recent redefinition of relations with the US is widely welcome in the region, hardly anyone is willing to risk a confrontation.

The Fed was hardly alone.

My experiences are hardly unique.

There is hardly any time.

I can hardly hear you.

I can hardly hear you.

These are hardly encouraging signs.

Can anyone see it? Anyone? No?

Moreover, Kundera s case is hardly unique.

It could hardly be more clear.

But this was hardly for everyone.

But Humala is hardly a saint.

The stakes could hardly be higher.

And Ike was hardly an isolationist.

But the Kurds are hardly alone.

We hardly ever see you around here.

This outcome is hardly a foregone conclusion.

But that description hardly seems appropriate nowadays.

But that can hardly be the point.

One can hardly change one's point of view.

Jolie is prominent, but she is hardly alone.

In this respect, however, Obama is hardly unique.

Individual derivatives and repo transactions are hardly nefarious.

Other possible priorities hardly ever entered political discussions.

Saving Obama s honor hardly seems worth that risk.

Given his temperament, however, that hardly seems likely.

Of course, a cosmopolitan class is hardly new.

China is hardly immune to such a possibility.

Women hardly participate in politics in the Niger.