Sentence examples for decreasing the importance from inspiring English sources
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.
"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.
Large exponents c>8 render the closest feature vector dominant, thereby decreasing the importance of the others.
In addition, pharyngeal infections result from oral sex practices, potentially decreasing the importance of UAI in transmission of Chlamydia [ 23], gonorrhoea and syphilis.
He had taken action to reduce these interactions by resisting working on Saturdays and by decreasing the importance he had previously accorded to his paid work.
This study demonstrates the strong impact EE2 can have on an exposed male's mating success by disrupting the mating system and decreasing the importance of secondary sexual characteristics in males.
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.
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 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.
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.
