Sentence examples for given the softness from inspiring English sources

This seems ripe for downward revision, given the softness in self-employment recorded by the household survey.

Overall, the outlook for the job market was little improved, as hiring remained limited, with many firms reluctant to add to permanent payrolls given the softness in the economy, the survey said.

This is particularly probable given the softness of the retail market and because clearance goods represent about one-third of a typical retailer's sales, up from single digits in the 1970's.

Given the softness in the IPO market, only one, Pamela Lopker's QAD, sold its shares to the public.

But that may be too generous given the softness in Internet advertising where CMGI derives about 20% of its revenue and infrastructure.

It recently started selling a whole-grain "cracker system" composed of Splenda and hydrolyzed wheat protein, an additive that has been manipulated -- either chemically or through enzymes -- to give the softness of white flour without adding carbohydrates.

Michael McCormack, an analyst at Nomura, said Comcast's customer metrics "should be a relief given the recent softness" in the metrics reported by a competitor, Time Warner Cable, last week.

Given the ground's softness, he said, "people had to keep building up" or face destruction from encroaching tides and waves.

Given the resetting of adjustable-rate paper at 50% higher, chances of further softness is disturbingly high.

Both were given the washed-out effect that expresses the spirit of a moment when sharp dressing still needs to have a certain softness.

The sea blues and grays, the abstract silk prints, gave the collection a softness, and the spencer jackets looked fresh.