Sentence examples for had been worst from inspiring English sources

The NWAS said areas of Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Merseyside and west Lancashire had been worst affected.

The study, carried out by Markit on behalf of accountancy giant KPMG, reported bar staff, restaurant workers, catering and retail staff had been worst affected by the downturn.

In 1864-65, South Australia suffered one of the worst droughts in its history, prompting surveyor-general George Woodroffe Goyder to venture out into the margins of the settled country where farming had been worst hit.

On Long Island, which had been worst affected by lightning strikes when the storm broke on Friday afternoon, the Long Island Power Authority had restored electricity to all but around 800 of the 80,000-plus households that had lost power because of the storm.

Dell Secureworks said that the US and UK had been worst affected.

Mara Brankovic Mara Hatunn), the former younger wife of Murad II, told a Venetian envoy that the invasion had been worst ever defeat for the Ottomans.

Some doctors had reported positive results using ribavirin, an anti-viral medicine used mostly against hepatitis C, as a treatment for SARS patients who had been worst-hit by the disease in Hong Kong and elsewhere.

Those connecting to other British cities have been worst affected.

Strangely, the isolated buildings seemed to have been worst hit.

The holiday home market has been worst hit.

It is the latter who have been worst hit by the downturn.