Sentence examples for were before the attack from inspiring English sources

The major carriers have all reduced costs and are smaller than they were before the attack.

OWNERS of office buildings think their properties are still worth what they were before the attack on the World Trade Center, many real estate executives say.

He said he wanted everything back to how things were before the attack and I'd be there with my damaged lung saying, 'I don't know what I can do about that'.

The ground forces still would be slightly larger than they were before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the beginning of a decade-long military buildup).

As brothers, we are closer than we were before the attacks, partly because we know how suddenly someone you come to take for granted can be taken from you.

While 20percentt of Americans say they are more on edge now than they were before the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, few say they are having trouble sleeping or are experiencing a loss of income.

According to data from the FBI, Muslims are now five times more likely to be victims of a hate crime than they were before the attacks on Sept. 11.

"I don't think these places are any more or less stable than they were before the attacks," Siegle remarked, "and that's the problem with any soft attack — it could happen anywhere".

The yield on 30-year bonds has climbed to 5.44percentt, higher than it was before the attack.

Though Washington suffered its own grievous wound on Sept. 11, it remains as insular as it was before the attack.

Perhaps more telling, weekend ridership has grown 14percentt after the changes, returning to roughly what it was before the attack as well.