Sentence examples for detriment over from inspiring English sources

But as we have learned to our great detriment over the last decade, the Middle East is no place for loose talk or lazy thinking.

However, the breast is a highly radiosensitive organ: the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) has varied its estimate of the contribution of breast radiation exposure to total body detriment over time, changing the tissue-weighting factor for this organ from 0.05 in 1991 [2] to 0.12 in 2007 [3].

According to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation, all west African fishing grounds are fully or over-exploited to the detriment of over 1.5 million local fishermen who cannot compete with them or feed their growing populations.

But the movie, to its detriment, glosses over the highlights of Hoffman's late-1960's activist career to concentrate on the sad story of his persecution by the F.B.I. and his years as a fugitive (Holden).

When the mammoth became extinct, the tundra took over to the detriment of the landscape.

Each of these three categories of HFT risks could spill over, to the detriment of other parties.

The second guideline seeks to prevent a detriment that takes priority over the fulfilment of a benefit or interest [ 3, 15, 34, 35].

In this study, we considered two management practices that could be modified to improve carbon storage to the detriment of timber production over the time horizon of a felling cycle.

And, of course, it would temporarily prolong the ascendancy of parents over their children, to the detriment of that of the State over these young citizens.

"Plans to fine hospitals who fail to recoup costs would see them punished twice over, to the detriment of other services".

When Bernie Sanders calls for an end to mass incarceration, he is articulating an important idea: this country has over-criminalized to its own detriment, and must shift state investments from punishment to support.