Sentence examples for historically sharp from inspiring English sources

Although there is no one-to-one correlation between gas prices and consumer confidence, a 2007 study by the economists Paul Edelstein and Lutz Kilian showed that, historically, sharp spikes in oil prices have sent consumer confidence plummeting, and have led to outsized cutbacks in general consumer spending.

That's because, historically, sharp swings have canceled each other out to produce, over time, a gentle upward trend for stocks.

The BMA and the Royal College of GPs (RCGP) have historically expressed sharp scepticism at the government's pledge to recruit 5,000 more GPs, a promise reiterated by David Cameron in his election victory speech on 8 May and which the Department of Health says it is still committed to.

Historically, a sharp mind was a man's greatest asset in his quest for greatness.

Like most states, New Jersey has historically drawn a sharp line between the people who run the prisons and those who decide whether inmates should be released.

The government appears to have allowed cigarette sales and smoking to flourish in part because it is wary of engaging in the kind of anti-vice campaigns that have historically produced a sharp backlash in Russia.

This was rock writing, by an expert, that was so stylistically charged, historically informed and sharp that it most certainly gave the lie to that portion of Garner's essay that simply swooped a couple of generalizations too far.

The proposed increases represent the largest gain in state aid in more than a decade for some affluent suburban districts, but they were a sharp disappointment for many historically poor urban districts that have received more support in the past.

Historically, however, these materials have had sharp corners that could break easily with enough pressure.

Six medals – one gold and five silvers – may not sound much compared to the US's stash of 33 medals but it represents a sharp improvement on four years ago and, historically, has been exceeded only once, in London in 1908.

Another drag: The U.S. equity markets have been in sharp decline; such declines have historically driven the dollar down, as foreigners flee from U.S. assets to the safer havens of their home markets.