Sentence examples for could be leaner from inspiring English sources

It concluded with Atkinson attacking Smith with a chainsaw to cut off his arms and legs, so he could be leaner and better able to compete in the global marketplace.

The reason is that in the CNG mode, the mixture could be leaner because of CNG higher knock resistance, while for the gasoline the fuel would be rich to protect engine from knocking and higher exhaust temperature.

That comes from a realization that with people living longer, the post-working years could be lean ones for many, and put major pressure on public finances.

But the president said there need not be a conflict between "the interests of workers and the interests of shareholders," and that American business and industry could be "lean and mean" and thus competitive in the global marketplace.

Which means Skype communications are not protected by a zero access architecture — and the company could be leaned on to provide authorities with your decrypted content data, for example.

She ended her message with the hashtag "#GrandmothersKnowBest", yet another hint that her newly minted grandmaternal status could be leaned on heavily to provide her with a softer image as she gears up for her possible campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.

If a friend is not around, the walls of the truss could be leaned against books until the road support beams have been glue in place.

Has the Kurdish Regional Government made mistakes, should they have broken from Baghdad, could their bureaucracy be leaner, are some benefiting where others are not?

A novel aspect of the election campaign was the Labour candidate insisting that TfL, though good in many ways, could be a leaner and more entrepreneurial business machine, while his Conservative rival protested that any funding cut in the form of the fares freeze would wreck its finances - this following years of Tory complaints that TfL is inefficient, "bloated" and so on.

Even districts that were in relatively good shape because of conservative budgeting expressed concern about what could be very lean years ahead.

He will have a chance to preside over what could be the lean years after all those fat ones, and probably to dead-end his career, because we all know mayors of New York City never get anywhere beyond the five boroughs.