Sentence examples for curtail possibilities from inspiring English sources

However truant behaviours have potential to curtail possibilities of meaningful academic achievement.

There are a dozen questions I could ask him — whether there are metal detectors in his school or when was the last time he was frisked by the N.Y.P.D., whether he sees his future as an amorphous blob of curtailed possibilities or if he has real plans.

The resulting relations obtained by neural network analysis have proved to be incontestably good and completely in accordance with expectations, thus contributing to proficiency in dealing with elastomeric materials, as well as curtailing possibilities of testing redundancy.

Failure of one of these same-level, opposite cup anemometers would curtail the possibility of data filtering by direction.

This transparency of data flow, access and use also curtails the possibility of pre-publication scooping between producers and users (Box 1, point 5).

Even at the end of a trial, comment by the participating barristers was curtailed by the possibility of an appeal.

The anthropologist Sherry B. Ortner's 'serious games' concept [ 55] theorises about the complex social realities in which individuals are neither 'autonomous agents' nor stuck in a structure without agency, implying that structures curtail but do not eliminate the possibility to make choices.

Mr. Perry's campaign also raised the possibility Wednesday that it might curtail its participation in what has become a proliferation of Republican debates.

Prices have firmed in recent weeks again as tensions grew between Iran and Western powers over Iran's nuclear program and the possibility that Europe would sharply curtail Iranian oil imports.

Can we not cheer at the possibility of a sustainable energy future if we curtail continued population growth from immigration?

Both bills also increase the possibility of sanctions or attorneys fees, which could curtail the worst NPE tactics.