Sentence examples for had improved far from inspiring English sources

A recent analysis by The New York Times revealed that the Houston school system, the poster child for standardized testing, had improved far less than advertised (though schools had, in fact, improved).

The difference today is that the targeting technology we use in OOH has improved far beyond the days of counting cars on a highway.

Analyzing each of the two periods 2002 04 and 2004 09 the FFS farmers had improved by far the most at the first follow up in 2004 where Mc'Nemar's test for paired data showed significant improvements (p < 0.05) in 10 of the 11 variables with the exception being the variable on 'number of times sprayed past month'.

He noted that Russia had improved tube technology far beyond where the United States had taken it before moving to electrical semiconductors.

The children who had been singled out as unusually intelligent had improved their scores far more than the other children.

THAT is good TV!" It seemed Deng had improved Murdoch's image far more than the public relations consultants he has been paying.

America, he said, should have fewer than 100,000 troops in Iraq by the end of 2008, provided that Iraq's own forces were ready and that security had improved: that is not far from what General Petraeus himself seems to want.

The increase was particularly prevalent in those districts where initially it had been hardest to obtain a mortgage the same places where the supply of credit had picked up most and economic prospects had improved least.The story so far could easily have been a happy one for a few years, indeed, many Americans savoured the "democratisation" of housing finance that the boom engendered.

Mr Duncan Smith said changes made so far had improved people's lives - contrary to predictions that they would result in much homelessness and people having to move hundreds of miles away.

By visiting the monastery in the eastern German city of Erfurt, a region that is considered the heartland of German Protestantism, and holding an ecumenical service in its stone chapel, the pope sought to emphasize how far relations had improved between the Catholic and Protestant churches.

They decided that Keller's blocking, though still far from perfect, had improved enough to earn him a place in the starting lineup.