Sentence examples for had ever been less from inspiring English sources

But real life doesn't always conform to fiction; Parsons called Lucy "that grandest, noblest, bravest of women," and a friend wrote that "probably no married life had ever been less clouded".

It is hard to say if capitalism has ever been less popular than it is this decade.

His 1986 album, "Headed for the Future," got it completely wrong; nobody has ever been less headed for the future than Diamond.

Of all the world-class choreographers whose work is based on music, nobody has ever been less slavish to the pulse or melody of the score than Ms. Tharp.

O'Sullivan's semi-final exit left him in second place in the end-of-season world rankings, with Hendry top, although no one has ever been less thrilled to be No1.

And it's a good thing Reisman had the gift of Pong, because, as he says, "No one has ever been less suited for regular employment than I was".

However, male HIV patients were less likely to be satisfied with the availability of resources than females, while among TB patients male patients and patients who had ever been married were less satisfied than female patients or patients who had never been married with the degree to which the health systems structures and processes accommodated their demands.

In contrast, teachers who had ever been tested for HIV were less likely to have used condoms consistently than those who had never been tested (AOR 0.55; 95% CI 0.32 0.96).

A lower proportion of SLE cases reported they had ever been pregnant than women without SLE (80% versus 91%, P = 0.002), although this was probably related to the fact that women with SLE were less likely to have ever married or cohabited (P = 0.02).

While the proportion of women in work is the highest it has ever been, women are less likely than men to keep their jobs and they tend to get lower pay rises than males, even if they have the same qualifications, live in the same place and have the same type of job, the report finds.

It added, "Although NATO is busier than it has ever been, its value is less obvious to many than in the past".