Sentence examples for had been higher from inspiring English sources

The blue-chip index had been higher for most of the morning.

(Bratton's public approval ratings had been higher than Giuliani's, which the mayor reportedly disliked).

At one point earlier in the season we had been higher".

But the rate had been higher in 1982, when there was less pessimism.

When I told her that other weight estimates had been higher, she offered to send someone to take a look.

Bear Stearns had been higher throughout the session on rumors it would sell a piece of the company.

Would the revolt at BP have happened if the oil price, and thus the company's share price, had been higher?

Demand from foreign publishers to jointly produce the work with Kay's illustrations had been higher than expected, Newton said.

Once the site was up and running, however, its productive output also had been higher than expected.

Since the mid-70's, auto insurance prices in New Jersey had been higher than anywhere else in the country.

If my wages had been higher, I would have been able to work shorter days, and this would have saved my health.