Sentence examples for curtail consumption from inspiring English sources

But it also means that when the rich curtail consumption, everyone feels it.

A move toward market-ish prices in Asian demand hotspots should sharply curtail consumption growth.(Photo credit: AFP).

Churches often exhort their members to curtail consumption during the holidays and instead spend more on the needy, and the Dalio Family Foundation used to run advertisements that advocated charitable giving in lieu of holiday excess.

In Exxon's view, governments will chose to raise the cost of fossil fuels to encourage alternatives somewhat, but stop well short of enacting policies that will sharply curtail consumption, especially in developing countries, because populations would resist and social upheaval would result.

The company's list of dependent variables are: availability of capital (as affected by rate of inflation and growth rate of GNP), government taxation (taxes to curtail consumption), government restriction (rationing), and the rate of technological change (as affected by growth rate of GNP).

And at his urging, the city health department is seeking to curtail consumption of sugary soft drinks, with subway advertisements that ask riders, "Are you pouring on the pounds?" Now Mr. Bloomberg has called on restaurant chains and food producers to lower the amount of salt in their products by 25 percent over the next five years.

The loot here is so lovingly detailed, I imagine kids will have a fine time identifying hidden objects and may need to be guided to the larger message about curtailing consumption.

Higher prices have curtailed consumption.

Then those receiving positive expected benefits will consume more; those receiving negative net benefits will curtail their consumption.

Stage 2: The masses begin to realise it's no longer fashionable to drink it (having enjoyed it for many years) and subsequently curtail their consumption.

The ministry's report said the fish in the bay were high in arsenic and recommended that villagers curtail their consumption.