Sentence examples for had been weaker from inspiring English sources

Recent economic data had been weaker than expected.

When it met in December, the MPC noted that world activity had been weaker than expected.

If his case had been better, or Cox's had been weaker, it might well have gone to adjudication.

That concern no doubt remains, but it would have been all the stronger if the jobs report had been weaker.

Mr. Nolte noted that it would be easier to make a case for a larger cut, however, if the November employment report had been weaker.

The Congressional Budget Office noted last week that corporate tax collections in recent months had been "weaker than analysts had expected, given the strong surge in profits".

His leg had been weak, but he had no weakness anywhere else.

This is an area where the statement said the law had been weak.

Syria had been weak and unstable after independence from France, in 1946.

Online growth had been weak in the UK and non-existent internationally.

The article would've been weaker without it.