Sentence examples for it has lagged behind from inspiring English sources

It has lagged behind its own internal quotas in some cities, according to people involved with the fund-raising efforts.

The company, based in Allentown, Pa., reported about $10 billion of revenue and $1.5 billion in operating income in 2012, but it has lagged behind its rivals in stock price performance in recent years.

Though Showtime, part of Viacom, has received critical praise and good ratings for some of its original programming, like "Queer as Folk," it has lagged behind HBO, home to popular series like "The Sopranos" and "Sex and the City".

Although Serbia has been a crossroads since it was traversed by Europe's prehistoric Amber Routes (used for trade) between central Europe and the Mediterranean, it has lagged behind other parts of the continent in developing its transportation infrastructure.

Though Pinnacle Value is up for the year, it has lagged behind the S.& P. 500.

It has lagged behind the smaller manufacturing sector in the recovery as consumers curtailed their spending.

While rivals that were hit harder by the financial crisis struggled to return to profit, Credit Suisse had focused on gaining market share and had invested in its debt trading and sales business, where it had lagged behind competitors.

Initially gold was one of the more popular commodities as investors sought a real return in an uncertain world, but over the last year it's performance has lagged behind silver".

So today's leak may indicate that the iPad mini will get an updated system-on-a-chip as well as more RAM, making it at least as fast as the iPad Air 2. The current iPad mini 3 has lagged behind when it comes to specs.

This kind of renewable energy, generally known as cellulosic biofuel because it comes from woody, nonedible sources, has lagged behind areas like solar cells and wind turbines.

The politics of farming have been sensitive at least since this newspaper campaigned against Britain's Corn Laws in the 1840s; it is no surprise that agriculture has lagged behind in trade liberalisation.