Sentence examples for gradually curtailed from inspiring English sources

Their nomadic life was gradually curtailed by the encroachment of settled agriculture on the pasturelands.

The right of native states to mint their own coinage was gradually curtailed by the British government.

But as the domain of the pedestrian -- the everyman of the city -- is gradually curtailed, so too is the sense of the city as a democracy of public space, open to all.

Khmelnytsky sought autonomy for his Cossack followers but succeeded only in devastating their formerly flourishing Dnieper lands and in subjecting them to the rule of Moscow, which gained control of Ukraine east of the Dnieper and gradually curtailed their liberties.

The reduction in quotas for the early months of 2011 — a 35 percent drop in tonnage from the first half of this year — is the latest in a series of measures by Beijing that has gradually curtailed much of the world's supply of rare earths.

Activists say Uighur commercial and cultural activities have been gradually curtailed by the Chinese state.

As you see your friend becoming more motivated again and feeling safe and comfortable in getting out and about, gradually curtail some of your involvement.

The speed and passion behind the bishops' response reflects their growing sense of siege, and their belief that the space the Catholic church once occupied in American society and the deference it was given are gradually being curtailed by an increasingly secular culture.

The speed and passion behind the bishops' response reflects their growing sense of siege, and their belief that the space the Catholic church once occupied in American society and the deference it was once given are gradually being curtailed by an increasingly secular culture.

And for investors, strong growth with no threatening signs of inflation means that the Federal Reserve will remain on a course of raising short-term interest rates gradually to curtail economic growth.

Today, 36 years after AIDS first started killing people (and AIDS has killed 39 million people to date), effective antiretroviral treatment drugs have been discovered and gradually distributed globally, curtailing the destruction caused by the HIV virus.