Sentence examples for and diminished the chances from inspiring English sources

The leaks both magnified the possibility of relationship conflict and diminished the chances of open dissent.

The scale and nature of the killings drove a deeper wedge between Mr. Morsi's Islamist backers and their opponents, and diminished the chances that his allies in the Muslim Brotherhood might soon be coaxed back into a political process that they deem illegitimate after the military overthrew the elected president.

The change of control of the House of Representatives yesterday was not only a political loss for the Democrats; it changed the landscape in Washington and diminished the chance for meaningful progress on comprehensive energy policy any time soon.

Both of these policies punish the needy and diminish the chances of an economic recovery.

The Tories' strong performance increases Osborne's chances of succeeding Cameron and diminishes the chances of Boris Johnson, who would have been served well by an immediate leadership contest triggered by an election loss.

They think that by taking care over the timing and manner of its departure America may still be able to shape events and diminish the chances of leaving mayhem behind.

In that regard, even though combining TRAIL-based approaches with multiple therapeutic agents improves the apoptotic response and diminishes the chances to generate resistance, only proteasome inhibitors were shown to revert acquired TRAIL resistance.

This complex messaging offers little incentive to move our health system forward and diminishes the chance to fix our health literacy problems.

Accounting for both wealth and education diminished the chances of residual confounding because of inadequate adjustment for SES and therefore strengthened previous evidence that SES did not fully explain the association between depressive symptoms and incident diabetes.

The stakes-raising escalation of budgets and ticket prices has diminished the chances of such small, potent pleasures.

Some argued that the financing restrictions diminished the chances that candidates could emerge from the grass roots and be propelled to national prominence by well-placed benefactors.