Sentence examples for were so conservative from inspiring English sources

Banking became boring, partly because bankers were so conservative about lending: Household debt, which had fallen sharply as a percentage of G.D.P. during the Depression and World War II, stayed far below pre-1930s levels.

Senator Patrick J. Leahy, the Vermont Democrat who will become the chairman of the Judiciary Committee and who led the opposition to Mr. Olson's confirmation, said today in an interview that his priority would now be to block any judicial nominees put forward by President Bush who were so conservative they would tip the balance of the federal courts.

"I think people were a bit surprised that they were so conservative there," said Montagne, whose firm holds Apple shares.

Everywhere is so conservative".

"Everything's so conservative.

[Drug companies] are so conservative.

People can respect Islam without being so conservative, she says.

The plan is so conservative that it's radical.

"People ask how could I be so conservative," he said.

You can't be so conservative and stuffed-shirt".

"Don't be so conservative, Granny Lin," Auntie Wang says.