Sentence examples for they were relative from inspiring English sources

Second, although participants were selected based on some established cognitive measures, they were relative healthy and physically mobile, which could explain the relatively small effect observed.

That may be more than Daumier and Norman Rockwell got when they were relative unknowns.

Though the Gurungs had been in the country less than a year — "we're just-born," said Gyan Gurung, 33 — they were relative veterans.

Although Corinthians had been formed in 1882, they were relative FA Cup novices, having waited until 1923 to "depart from their usual rules and take part in a contest which did not have charity as its primary object".

According to Timothy Geithner, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which keeps a close eye on Wall Street's exposures, "risk management is better and capital cushions are stronger than they were, relative to risk.

They were relative pikers in the 2014 midterm elections, spending about $2.5 million each on Republican races, but the Washington Post reported that they have exhorted their conservative compatriots to raise almost $1 billion for the 2016 presidential election.

There were strangers who said they were friends and strangers who said they were relatives.

These guests always said they were relatives or friends of the homeowners, but Ms. duPont was suspicious.

They then approached the mine owner and asked for $42,500 in compensation, saying they were relatives of Mr. Cai.

Until recently, the only way to treat infested trees was to fell and burn them, dismaying home owners who mourn the lost trees as if they were relatives.

They were relatives of some of the 23 New York Police Department officers who were killed; they did not include relatives of any of the 37 officers killed who were from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.