Sentence examples for decided to scale from inspiring English sources

It began some months ago, when City Hall decided to scale back the presence of firefighters at ground zero.

So nothing could have been more natural than Lorena's joining them when they decided to scale Mount Iztaccihuati.

Organisers had already decided to scale back the original designs but they will now be scrapped altogether.

South Korean officials said they had decided to scale back events as a good-will gesture toward Kim Jong Il.

Robbins told me that he'd decided to scale back on working with ex-convicts: "The recidivism rate was just too high".

Organizers also decided to scale down the relay after the earthquake and trimmed its route through Tibet from three days to one.

Bush and Dick Cheney, the vice-president, cancelled their appearances yesterday, even before convention organisers decided to scale back ceremonies because of Hurricane Gustav.

For the Malcynskys, the reaction to their dock was so strong that they decided to scale it back, to about 66 feet.

Mr. Headrick said the Center for Arts Education decided to scale back the number of partnerships so it could expand other programs.

He has also decided to scale back the group's Black Friday promotions, which caused fights between customers at some stores last year.

Fred Machado, a Navy veteran from Fresno, Calif., said he was upset that South Korea had decided to scale back on the war commemorations.