Sentence examples for were less than expected from inspiring English sources

Wal-Mart's August sales were less than expected, the second consecutive month they were below forecast.

Late on Thursday, it reported first-quarter profits that were less than expected.

Ticket sales were less than expected, and the venues were scaled back from stadiums to arenas.

Earnings at I.B.M. were less than expected, although its revenue beat analysts' targets; its shares rose 7percentt.

Shares in retail stores fell yesterday after some of the companies said that September sales were less than expected.

Executives admitted game machine sales were less than expected in the quarter ended in September, by nearly $100 million.

The increase in reliability deviated most from expectations for France, where the gain was less than expected.

The drop was less than expected.

But analysts said sales had been less than expected.

The Goldman Sachs Group, which dropped 17.4percentt, warned analysts that second-quarter earnings would be less than expected.

The Labor Department reported that consumer prices inched up 0.1percentt in December, which was less than expected.