Sentence examples for was far steeper from inspiring English sources

Orders for durable goods fell 8.5percentto to $165.44 billion, the lowest level since August 1996; the drop was far steeper than expected.

Because of the general nature of the Alps, the descent of the mountain on the Italian side was far steeper and more treacherous than the ascent had been on the other side.

The increases have been far steeper at the front of the plane, in business and first class, as well as for last-minute travelers.

The flattening of organisations in recent years, as layers of management have been stripped out, has meant that promotions now are far steeper steps than they used to be.

It is thought that if housebuilders added in the price of the incentives they have been using to encourage the public to buy new homes, the real extent of house price falls could be far steeper than otherwise indicated.

The commission needs to issue a broadside warning right now that its penalties will be far steeper and more timely and will target principals, not just their umbrella groups.

In a note Wednesday to investors, Credit Suisse estimated that the investigation by Chinese officials of the suspicion bribes were paid by drug companies had caused other multinational companies to lose sales there, although the rate of decline for GlaxoSmithKline has been far steeper than for other firms.

But that decline would have been far steeper without the success of the nation's two largest foundations: William H. Gates made a $5 billion donation to his foundation, which has $21 billion in assets, and the Lilly Endowment's $15 billion grew on the success of Eli Lilly & Company stock.

The seas have scoured away the sand, exposing more and more of the underlying stones, then piling them up so that the pebble bank at the foot of the dunes is far steeper and almost twice as wide as normal, while at its base are great water-filled hollows several feet across.

It is also a time to acknowledge that the climb is far steeper for women of color and women in poverty.

Since 2008 the decrease in sequencing costs is far steeper than of those of computing [ 1].