Sentence examples for soft overall from inspiring English sources

That contributed to the soft overall beer sales and the relative popularity of some less expensive brews, he said.

After an abnormally busy first half of the year, cable news viewership is soft overall this summer, making it harder for Mr. Cooper to make gains.

Howard Archer, chief UK economist at IHS Global Insight, said: "Despite a 7,000 drop in claimant count unemployment in March, the labour market data are clearly softer overall compared to a couple of months ago.

The McCain-Feingold bill will probably produce a sharp reduction in soft money overall, experts say.

Turning it off resulted in a somewhat softer, but overall much better-looking image.

Adobe said that 57% of traffic came from mobile devices on Thanksgiving, and while it may be seeing softer sales overall on Black Friday, mobile is going strong so far.

The battle between large and small competitors has intensified recently, as overall soft drink sales have declined.

Coke already dominates the overall soft drink market and has a sports drink of its own, Powerade, which is the nation's second most popular.

The generally bright palette and overall soft look work a nice contrast to the dark theme, as if the world itself were on the children's side.

"We look for a hard landing in investment, a soft landing in overall economic growth and no landing in consumption," said Tao Dong, an economist in Hong Kong with Credit Suisse First Boston.

Although the reading is likely to reinforce fears of a hard landing for the Chinese economy, Mr. Kowalczyk emphasized that the slowdown in manufacturing activity was expected to be temporary and that he continued to believe China would have a soft landing, with overall growth this year of 8 percent.