Sentence examples for were much simpler from inspiring English sources

When integrated circuits were much simpler, component values could be calculated by hand.

There were no cars, smartphones or cameras, so the rules were much simpler.

Elizabeth Young, an independent financial adviser at FACET, remembers the 1970s attitude towards financial planning: 'People were much simpler.

The all-day event "reminds me of a time when things were much simpler," Ms. Nolan said.

Things were much simpler 20 years ago, when employees worked mainly on desktop computers that could be adjusted for maximum comfort.

Those early deals by the finance officer, Andrew S. Fastow -- the first links of the complex chain of thousands of partnerships -- were much simpler than the ones that the company developed in the late 1990's.

It was much simpler.

Revivalism would be much simpler.

Things are much simpler now.

"Everything was much simpler.

A century ago, it was much simpler.