Sentence examples for had been smaller from inspiring English sources

All his life, he had been smaller, weaker, playing above his age.

Previous attacks in Algeria had been smaller strikes aimed at police stations and the like.

It was the first time the payroll tax had increased since 1990, and previous payroll tax hikes had been smaller.

But in the preceding weeks there had been smaller attacks on the US consulate and the UN mission.

We always wondered that, if what we had stolen had been smaller - say £875,000 - whether there would have been such pressure to catch and punish us.

They vanished into mergers with what had been smaller rivals that did not make the mistakes of earlier eras — notably lending to Latin American countries and overinvesting in commercial real estate.

The staff had been small.

Our new house had been small but well built.

Local manufacturing, mainly foreign-owned, had been small in scope.

Other successful deals have been smaller.

There have been smaller milestones, too.