Sentence examples for a decrease in opportunities from inspiring English sources

As a result of a decrease in opportunities for government appointment, scholars withdrew into the provinces for study and tutoring.

With the reduced funding and a decrease in training opportunities, an ensuing decline in readiness occurred within the AFP.

Thus, reducing social spending turns into a decrease in life opportunities for poorer people and thus an increase in inequalities (see also [14]).

Although the causes of OB in children are multifaceted, the recent upsurge in pediatric OB could be explained by changes in the availability of high caloric 'fast' food, pre-prepared meals, and soft drinks, an increase in time spent watching television, playing video games and using the internet, and a decrease in the opportunities for physical activity in schools and communities [ 2].

Because varicella vaccination programmes reduce VZV circulating in the community, thus potentially leading to a decrease in the opportunity for boosting immunity against VZV, it has been hypothesised that the introduction of varicella vaccination might increase the incidence of HZ in the population.

For all New Labour's rhetoric, there is a lack of skills in the population as a whole, and there has been a rapid decrease in opportunities for those over 50 (a trend that disproportionately affects a generation of women who often did not benefit from education as fully as their male peers earlier on).

Having a MD had no consequences on organ retrieval in general (p = 0.25), but was significantly associated with a decrease in heart retrieval opportunities (p = 0.036).

The growth in poverty and decrease in opportunities coupled with a crisis of national identity has created a real and growing risk of internal instability.

Mechanistically, the phenomenon of drug resistance is essentially associated with a decrease in the number of effective opportunities for the therapeutic drug to effectively engage to its target(s).

For instance, if the rapid early emergence of new species causes a decrease in niche space, then the opportunities for adaptive speciation decline, and slowdowns in ecological trait evolution would be expected given the reduced opportunities for adaptive niche expansions.

Furthermore, negative attitudes are often associated with people who have certain types of diagnoses or disabilities, leading the individual to experience limited lifestyle, educational and vocational opportunities, a decrease in overall quality of life and a decline in community participation [ 12, 3].