Sentence examples for decrease the importance from inspiring English sources
The experience of the rest of the world indicates however, that terrorism alone will not decrease the importance of city centers for the public life of societies.
The American troops would keep the Soviets' westward expansionist impulses in check and decrease the importance of the nuclear option in American strategy, and universal service would knit the country together as it went through its grand struggle.
Additionally, increased reliance on HEVs would decrease the importance of the oil industry in the global market.
Whereas with sliding windows old data is abruptly forgotten, the idea of fading factors is to slowly decrease the importance of sessions as they grow old.
Because a southern diversion has the potential to significantly decrease the importance of Ukraine as a transit country, it will enhance the EU's security of supply while affording Brussels the time necessary for the international gas market to turn in the EU's favour, an opportunity that should not be missed.
If the U.S. by its actions indicates to other nations that we are moving seriously to decrease the importance and role of nuclear weapons, we increase our chance of getting the kind of cooperation we need to deal effectively with the dangers of proliferation.
As I read, the characters multiplied in my head -- Dora, Mr. Micawber, Pegotty -- each one decreasing the importance of my own situation, making it less.
For him, the fact that moral values cannot be expressed as simple rules of conduct increased, rather than decreased, the importance of our ethical responsibilities.
"The increased matching rate seems to be encouraging more grass-roots fund-raising, decreasing the importance of special interests and giving a greater voice to average citizens," said Nicole A. Gordon, executive director of the Campaign Finance Board.
Today, changing patterns of international trade have decreased the importance of what was once the most vital shipping lane in the world, and Egypt's revenues from the canal have stagnated.
As the growing use of cheaper vegetable oils decreased the importance of lard as a source of fat, meatpackers sought hogs yielding more lean meat and less fat, and breeders (mostly European) began crossbreeding programs to obtain lean meat and vigorous animals.
