Sentence examples for encourage a decrease in from inspiring English sources

To encourage a decrease in vigilance, subjects were not given any task during the presentation of the auditory rhythm.

The results of these studies were encouraging, showing a decrease in BPSD after patient management in CBUs.

In an interview conducted Tuesday for Yahoo and Politico, a Washington journal concentrating on politics, Mr. Bush said he was open to the idea of withholding oil deposits to try to encourage a price decrease at the pump.

The researchers don't have a firm explanation for this finding, but they speculate that sodium intake low enough to decrease blood pressure may also decrease sensitivity to insulin, encourage a stress response in the nervous system, and affect hormones that regulate blood pressure and sodium absorption.

The government is now encouraging such families to return home due to a decrease in violence, but the vast majority of them remain displaced.

General Zinni returned to the Middle East because a decrease in Palestinian attacks against Israel encouraged Washington to believe that progress toward a formal cease-fire might be possible.

Seismic slip can be encouraged by both an increase in shear stress and by a decrease in fault strength (Hubbert and Rubey 1959).

Encouraging feeding in these circumstances was a response only to a decrease in child food intake because of illness and hence was not pro-active.

The participants were encouraged to take a break in between tests whenever they felt a decrease in attention to the task.

Our finding of a decrease in lag time in recent years is encouraging, although the reasons behind this shift are not evident.

While a decrease in the number of fatal work injuries is encouraging, we cannot — and will not — relent from our continued strong enforcement of workplace safety laws".