Sentence examples for primarily reflected from inspiring English sources

The declines primarily reflected the weakness in apartment activity.

Administration officials dismissed the fund's concern, saying the deficit primarily reflected the attractiveness of the United States as a place to invest.

There, physician groups, including the American Medical Association, said the cost rankings primarily reflected the cost of care to the insurer — not to patients.

This decline primarily reflected a return to more normal levels of service trade after a big one-time payment in September made by NBC to cover the Olympics.

The big fall in prices in October primarily reflected the fact that energy prices, which had been surging earlier in the year, were declining sharply.

Moody's said that the moves, which affected ratings on $8 billion in Motorola securities, primarily reflected concerns about Motorola's financial prospects in the cellphone business, where it ranks a distant second to Nokia of Finland.

That diversity is not primarily reflected in the division between Sunni and Shiite but in the actual practices of the Muslims — almost all Sunni — in South and Southeast Asia, Central Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

Mr. Moynihan said the decision to propose multiple ways of creating private accounts was not dictated by the White House, and primarily reflected a recognition within the committee that different approaches had different strengths and weaknesses.

The upward revision to gross domestic product last quarter primarily reflected the fact that exports turned out to be higher than initially estimated and imports were actually slightly lower.

The $3.5 billion increase in imports primarily reflected rising costs of crude oil, fuel oils and other petroleum-based goods, but businesses and consumers in the United States were also buying more food and beverages from abroad, and demand for foreign-made cars rose.

Fitch said its downgrade primarily reflected a weaker economic and fiscal outlook.