Sentence examples for curtailing his ability from inspiring English sources

The popularity of the prime minister, Naoto Kan, has sunk as low as 21%, curtailing his ability to push reforms.

Still, he is becoming more desperate as the collapse in oil prices has sent the economy into a tailspin, curtailing his ability to finance social programs that have sustained his popularity with the poor.

This order will severely curtail his ability to do so".

Ray's shyness had curtailed his ability to meet girls in high school and college, but now his fierce intensity seemed to attract them.

But attacking Mr. Assad's main delivery systems, the officials say, would curtail his ability to transport those weapons any significant distance.

In 1990, at age 59, Mr. Transtromer had a stroke that severely curtailed his ability to speak; he also lost the use of his right arm.

Adams, a keen sportsman, played rugby as a student, and was an active member of Nottingham County Cricket Club until failing eyesight curtailed his ability to play.

Because of that, he has played only four games since returning Aug. 21, and played games on consecutive days only one time, which has severely curtailed his ability to reacquire his timing and ability to see pitches at the plate.

Collapsing oil prices have sharply curtailed his ability to buy public sympathies, and Barack Obama's election has removed the United States as a convenient foe to be berated as needed to energize his base.

Arcade blames ageism as well as political difference for many New York gays' rejection of Crisp but also suggests that his successful self-fashioning curtailed his ability to engage with a radically changing society.

The presence on the council of several prominent critics of international human-rights bodies suggests no one is likely to demur.Nonetheless, the decision clearly looks like the government's first public recognition that the omnipresent president's illness may curtail his ability to govern.