Sentence examples for detract as from inspiring English sources

Typically the resale value of houses in the $1 million-plus range suffers if they do not have at least a three-car garage, said Mr. Zagaroli, past president of both the Westchester County Society of Real Estate Appraisers and the New York State Society of Real Estate Appraisers. "If the house only has a two-car garage," he said, "it can detract as much as $15,000 from the price".

In discussing the more lighthearted elements of the plot, such as Dr. Morris, a character who tells corny jokes, the developers commented that these elements accentuated the dark elements of the game rather than detracted from them, as well as showing the stability of the survivors' mental conditions.

Crucially, though, even downloading a film illegally through file-sharing services does not detract from their effectiveness as far as the sponsors are concerned.

Knowledge regarding the study's limitations about causality should not detract from these efforts, as has been recognized by other sectors, such as the mortgage industry (5 ).

Perhaps most remarkable, the superposition encode/decode procedure is just as likely to enhance the ST and CT values as detract from them.

This came to be regarded as detracting from their status as would-be logical objects, and revealing them instead as no more than mathematical posits.

But that's not to detract from it as a powerful narrative.

At another level, social audit engages managers or planners with communities in ways that detract from business as usual.

Seracini sees his findings not as detracting from Leonardo but as defending the artist's honor, exonerating him in a sense.

Dust and oil may inhibit the adhesion of paints and glues, as well as detract from the authenticity and "look" of the model.

So as not to detract from the photos, "we tried to make it as small as we could," she adds.