Sentence examples for firmly below from inspiring English sources

QXL's share price rose 1p to 175p but remains firmly below the offer price of 195p.

Any reading above 50 denotes expansion and for much of last year the readings were firmly below that level.

But as a portion of GDP, Britain's spend on R&D is woeful: at 1.72% it sits firmly below the EU average.

We should never underestimate the drag of the status quo that slows down the pace of change and keeps people's heads firmly below the parapet.

True, the FOMC slightly marked up its path over the next two years, but the central tendency remains firmly below 2% both this year and next.

Until recently, the red line indicating deaths had remained firmly below the "epidemic threshold" even as the red line on a different index tracking doctor's visits was following the pattern set by the 2014-2015 season with eerie exactness.

Nearly half of the countries that charge school fees for secondary school devote less than four percent of their GDP to education--firmly below the global average expenditure.

Update: As Geoff Dyer gently but firmly points out below, my remark about Sebald's influence on his work is pretty roundly contradicted by the chronology of publication.

Chinese leaders say inflation is firmly in check, below the government's target of 3 percent.

China's leaders insist that inflation as firmly in check, below the government's target of three percent.

An unemployment rate firmly and continually below its approximate current level of 4% or a sudden pickup in consumer activity, which accounts for two-thirds of the GDP, according to Canavan.