Sentence examples for had been lagging from inspiring English sources

One unlikely segment that made big gains in June was battery-powered cars, which had been lagging the overall market.

The government's latest payroll figures pointed to continuing strength in job creation -- a crucial piece of the economic recovery that had been lagging coming into 2004.

One of the surprises was that in the last series of tests, in Barcelona, the Mercedes team, which had been lagging, suddenly set the fastest time after making improvements to its car.

It urged BP to take its current crisis as an opportunity to renew and deepen its commitment to the compact's principles, saying that it had been "lagging in recent years".

But that is not the case in either Libya or Algeria, where American and European oil companies have invested heavily over the last decade to bolster production that had been lagging.

"Since acquiring GMTV we have carried out a thorough review and set out to transform and significantly invest in a business that had been lagging behind its competitors in recent years," said Alison Sharman, director of factual, daytime and GMTV.

Wages have been lagging for decades.

"Westchester has been lagging behind Fairfield and Manhattan.

Nokia has been lagging behind there".

Sales in the overall patch category have been lagging.

If anything, it is Americans who have been lagging.