Sentence examples for be softened by two from inspiring English sources

That is the first time three N.F.L. quarterbacks have done that.... Ben Roethlisberger returns from his suspension for violating the league's personal-conduct policy on Sunday, and his re-immersion into the N.F.L. will probably be softened by two factors: the Pittsburgh Steelers are 3-1 and playing such superb defense that Roethlisberger will not face the pressure to win with his arm.

Goydos, who has not won on the tour since 2007, needed just 22 putts to dominate the par-71 T.P.C. Deere Run course, which was softened by three days of intermittent rain.

But for the last three decades, the full depressing effect of lower wages has been softened by three cushions: 1) more women went to work, which bolstered overall family income, 2) cheap credit, which generated a series of financial bubbles and encouraged consumers to buy goods and services they could not otherwise afford, and 3) Federal government deficits.

The zero increases could be softened by a one-time bonus payment.

In theory, the blow of higher rates can be softened by letting currencies fall.

Bread that has undergone texture staling can be softened by heating to about 60 65 °C (140 150 °F).

As the mineral quartz, the compound may be softened by heating and shaped into glassware.

The softening of property rights constraints proves from another aspect that constraint relations could be softened by resorting to a certain mechanism of the community.

Dislodged nodules caused by intramuscular implantation may be softened by intralesional corticosteroid injections or, if palpable intraorally, may be excised.

Redmond said the impact of the closure this week was softened by a decision taken four months ago to wind down the charity in an orderly way and arrange for other organisations to take on its contracts, a process overseen by the DfE.

The rise in credit card spending to £16.1 billion was softened by an increase in repayments by borrowers as they tackled debts incurred over Christmas, the normal seasonal pattern.