Sentence examples for had been narrow from inspiring English sources
Lord Freud says other programmes had been narrow, delivering one change.
When I asked him who had influenced him, his eyes, which had been narrow slits of purpose, suddenly shone bright.
He said that the labor board would have been more likely to overturn the results if the margin had been narrow.
Similarly, earlier statements by Mr. bin Laden had been narrow in their focus on the United States and, after the attacks of Sept. 11, on the Bush administration.
While territorial aspirations had been narrow (the notable exception being Southern firebrands' expansionist policy toward Latin America) in light of limited naval resources, the Navy was still able to make its presence felt protecting growing Yankee commercial interests.
Until then, the avenues for restoration had been narrow and few: a direct appeal to the federal firearms agency, which conducted detailed background investigations; a state pardon expressly authorizing gun possession, or a presidential pardon.
