Sentence examples for historically weaker from inspiring English sources

To Egyptians accustomed to thinking of their country as a powerhouse of the Arab world, the idea of bowing to a historically weaker African rival has been a sobering reminder of their nation's diminished clout.

Bob Dole (+55) also had a higher net favorable rating at the beginning of the 1996 campaign.….A major factor in potential 2016 candidates' historically weaker net favorable ratings is that none among this group of candidates is as well-known as the early front-runners in the past.

But the shape of the conflict is a historically powerful nation invading a historically weak one.

"Job growth is coming where unions are historically weak," said Leo Troy, a labor economist at Rutgers University.

"These companies have historically weak boards and super aggressive chief executives," said Alan Johnson, a compensation consultant.

• The subpar recovery has coincided with a historically weak investment recovery.

Maida Rosenstein, president of Local 2110, said an agency shop was needed to strengthen a historically weak union.

Deep recessions have been followed by historically weak recoveries characterised by falling real wages and cuts in benefits.

Will that, combined with the historically weak euro, be enough to rekindle interest in Bordeaux's top wines?

The briefing paper also cautions that the party will enter the election campaign from a "historically weak starting point".

But something else was different as well: the Canadian dollar had been historically weak against the American dollar.