Sentence examples for down the difficulty from inspiring English sources

Harvard even played down the difficulty of its entrance exam in ads, reprinted above, that it placed in The New York Times in September 1870, noting that of the 210 candidates who took its test the June before, "185 were admitted".

More casual players can also dial down the difficulty and safely ignore these for the most part, dabbling in the RPG aspects with a more surface-level enjoyment that doesn't detract at all from gameplay.

And while that means I haven't come away with a win so far (my second play through resulted in happier cities, but stronger competing societies, meaning I didn't fight the right balance the other way, either), the game has been so compelling that I'm eager to play even more… and looking forward to when the full version is out October 21 so I can dial down the difficulty setting.

"Now we've toned down the difficulty, shortened each game session to 10 or 15 minutes and made the visual style more cartoony".

Chandler suggested his client was playing down the difficulty of pronating the wrist, saying: "He can't hit the shots he wants to hit".

But the 24-year-old played down the difficulty, describing it as "nothing too serious" and saying he had reacted like "a drama queen".

Pro-Brexit ministers, including the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, and Brexit secretary, David Davis, have tended to play down the difficulties of extricating Britain from the rest of the EU.

Building up the pyramid, the work was based less on the victim testimony of earlier trials than facing down the difficulties of direct government obstruction of our efforts...the trials become more sterile and lose the victims' voice, because the trials at the top, with the likes of Karadzic, are all about proving linkages, with the atrocities already established".

It can break down the difficulties between you and let her know that you are receptive to a discussion, or just there for a bear hug should she need it.

"Every notch down increases the difficulty of raising capital," said Anthony Klarman, a debt analyst at Deutsche Bank.

Pressures are still forcing home prices down, including the difficulty of obtaining mortgages for prospective buyers who cannot meet the standards set by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-controlled agencies that finance the bulk of new home loans now.