Sentence examples for bit less optimistic from inspiring English sources

During the recession of 2001, the figure dropped to 7perr 100: optimistic firms were a bit less optimistic.

"Up until recently I was kind of certain they'd get a program, but now I'm quite a bit less optimistic," said Daniel Hewitt, an analyst with Barclays.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said there had been some backward steps after an round-table session to discuss London's demands of reform in the EU before dinner: "I'm always confident but a bit less optimistic than when I arrived," he said.

Analysts say their estimates for Irkut's sales "are a bit less optimistic" than the company's because Itkut will be competing against more advanced planes from rivals like Lockheed Martin, which the Pentagon has chosen to build the Joint Strike Fighter, a so-called fifth-generation warplane.

"So I'm a little bit less optimistic in terms of winning the race or podium finish.

Anonymous issued a response of sorts to Chabinsky's words, in which they are a bit less optimistic.

Unconstrained by concerns about political and social fallout in Italy, GM would not hesitate to impose a painful cure, as it has done at struggling Opel, where it is cutting up to 12,000 jobs.Mr Marchionne has made few changes to his predecessor's recovery plan other than making its timetable for recovery a bit less over-optimistic.

A bit less tea-washed and autumnal, a bit more optimistic.

Respondents are slightly more optimistic about their economic prospects, and a bit less hostile towards the United States.

"The whole village is upbeat, happy and optimistic, and people who voted remain are becoming a bit less morbid.

Butler seemed less optimistic.