Sentence examples for has been a flat from inspiring English sources

That also goes for the marketplace: it has been a flat year with far fewer film deals than normal.

LONDON — A three-bedroom, 2,300-square-foot apartment recently went on the market in London's fashionable Eaton Square and an Italian buyer immediately snapped it up for £5.65 million — a surprisingly quick sale in what has been a flat market.

The stock has been a flat performer for us, with some brief spurts up to the high $40s, but is now back down to where it was first recommended.

— CHRIS MUSELER The downwind leg has been a flat-out drag race.

After a growth spurt in the early 1990s, she said, there has been "a flat-lining" when it comes to the numbers of women not only holding but also running for office.

The suggestion that Bale has been a flat-track bully, to borrow cricketing parlance, is backed up by the fact that his 14 goals in La Liga have come against weak opposition such as Rayo Vallecano, Real Valladolid and Elche in games that resulted in a total goal difference of 43-7 in his team's favour.

While the Geno Smith experiment has been a flat-out disaster since Day One ― he's now injured for the remainder of the season ― we cannot say the same about Bryce Petty.

Historically, he said, the water charges for many New York City buildings have been a flat rate based on the size and number of apartments in the building.

Following Haeg's plan, they dug into their grass and formed huge mounds of earth in what had been a flat, biologically almost dead space.

The better answer would have been a flat no; but the "national champion" notion, so dear in France, is alive even among Mr Aznar's team in market-opening, decentralising Spain.The other supply-side issue is flexible labour.

"I can't believe how quick the green was for what should have been a flat putt but I'm pleased with the way I played.