The phrase "and decrease the opportunity" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing reducing chances or possibilities for something to happen.
Example: "The new policy may inadvertently lead to increased costs and decrease the opportunity for small businesses to thrive."
Alternatives: "and limit the chances" or "and reduce the possibilities".
The data of this study showed that mixed feeding increased the opportunity of HIV-MTCT compared to formula feeding (OR=10.88, 95% CI: 1.65-71.86), andecreaseded the opportunity of HIV-MTCT compared to breast feeding (OR=0.88, 95% CI: 0.82-0.95)).
Good air circulation strengthens the woody tissue in stems and decreases the opportunities for fungi to attack your plants.
Free play offers several unique benefits to child development and decreasing the opportunities a child has to be engaged in free play comes at the expense of these benefits.
The similar stiffness and hysteresis properties observed between unfrozen controls and samples stored at -20°C as well as those stored at -80°C may indicate that the freezing rate associated with this storage temperature, when matched with rapid thawing at 37.5°C, may limit constitutional supercooling and thus decrease the opportunity for ice lenses to form.
Any amounts above $10,000 will be invested into semi-liquid stock portfolios to decrease the opportunity cost of cash held.
Any amounts above $50,000 will be invested into semi-liquid stock portfolios to decrease the opportunity cost of cash held.
So trade tends to increase the earnings of highly educated and skilled workers, and decrease the earnings and employment opportunities for less educated and less skilled workers.
This will increase opportunity and decrease the size of the inequality gap.
"It won't only affect people's access to health insurance and healthcare, it will in fact increase inequality, decrease opportunity, and decrease the government's ability to support people who are struggling," Beletsky said.
