Sentence examples for be shortened by a from inspiring English sources

To allow for the extra playoff games, the regular season would have to be shortened by a week.

Either the regular season needs to be shortened — let's say to seventy games — or else the playoffs should be shortened by a round.

The cutoff date for eligibility for next year's Grammy Awards will be shortened by a month because the 52nd annual awards ceremony will be held a bit earlier than usual, the Grammy organizers announced on Thursday.

This continuous arrangement requires the construction of long rolling trains and buildings, but layouts can be shortened by a so-called semicontinuous mill, in which the workpiece is passed back and forth through a reversing mill before being sent through the rest of the line.

But it feels justified: in the opening – and best – sequence in the first episode, the discovery of a massacre concludes with yet more blood-letting in a manner that not only tees up the narrative, but also indicates that life in Westeros is nasty, brutish and likely to be shortened by a long sword.

For the transfers to sum to zero the payments benefitting older generations must also be shortened by a certain amount.

roadshow was shortened by a few days because of the storm.

Mission managers could, however, launch on June 21 if the mission were shortened by a day, to 15 days.

The costs of launching a shuttle have dropped by about 40%, while the time to prepare a mission has been shortened by a third.

Their record for futility endured until the Charlotte Bobcats went 7-59 for a.106 winning percentage in the 2011-12 season, which was shortened by a labor dispute.

The teams met in 1999 under similar circumstances: the Heat were heavily favored, the season was shortened by a strike, and a new star was taking control of a Knicks team (Sprewell then, Carmelo now).