Sentence examples for historically big from inspiring English sources

Historically, big pharma firms made their own drugs.

Historically, big financial crises have been followed by long periods of slow growth and economic malaise, and the recent crisis has been bigger than most.

Television ratings and race attendance are down while struggling Detroit automakers, historically big supporters, are trimming Nascar spending by as much as 30percentt.

Even if the North's leader, Kim Jong-un, is operating in good faith — a historically big if — that outcome is highly unlikely.

Despite a weak start to the holiday shopping season and snowstorms on historically big spending days, the nation's retailers managed to have a better Christmas than in 2008, according to the latest data.

"Historically, big companies like Cushman & Wakefield and Insignia managed so much property that they had early access to information about what spaces were coming to market," said Marcus Rayner, a principal at Cresa Partners, a brokerage in New York that represents tenants.

Would-be analysts of this trend, Mr. Reich says, have it backward; government is not historically bigger now, relative to gross domestic product, and politicians are not more corrupt.

And they may be miffed that so many specialty divisions and indies are ruling what has been a historically a big party of the big guys.

Historically, the biggest enemy of big banks hasn't been government rule-making but rather missteps by banks.

Club rugby has not historically attracted big crowds in Scotland.

Theresa Villiers wants more consultation with Northern Ireland, where extremism is obviously historically a big issue.