Sentence examples for were not dismal from inspiring English sources

The spat might not matter so much if relations between East Asia's two great powers were not dismal already.

Although economics was dubbed the dismal science more than a century ago, in fact it is not dismal at all.

Most observational studies comparing outcomes of synchronous CRLM to metachronous disease show that survival is not dismal enough to justify a nihilistic approach but we have to remember that the supporting evidence is still Level III.

"The career prospects of these advisors were not that dismal," Egan says.

They were not detained by dismal facts.

5.36am GMT 33rd over: England 189-2 (Stokes 60, Ballance 18) Just in case things weren't already dismal enough for visting English fans this summer, Nine now run some highlights of Paul Nixon's 06/07 tour of ODI duty.

That would be more palatable if support weren't so dismal.

The results weren't as dismal as analysts had predicted, as the company showed strength in its European operations and a promising start from Paramount's television production arm.

But he might have given us infinitely more, if he were not imprisoned by a dismal production that elevates visual effects above narrative coherence and exploration of character.

The Guardian's Michael Billington, offering two stars, called it an "anticlimax" and said the 39-year-old actor may have given more "if he were not imprisoned by a dismal production that elevates visual effects above narrative coherence and exploration of character".

Their prospects of improving on that dismal record were not helped by a suspension to top scorer Charlie Austin, who had scored 50% of their goals this season before the trip to Goodison Park.