Sentence examples for has been lowered over from inspiring English sources

The concentration of fine particulates in Seoul, Korea has been lowered over the past 10 years, as a result of the city's efforts in implementing environmental control measures.

I thought the band sounded just fine (probably all that eye contact!), but there was one problem I couldn't get over: before they came on, the curtain had been lowered over the stage to "build hype" and a "pretentious aura of importance that this rough and ready band don't deserve".

The hydrates did not just clog the pipes, they also buoyed up the 125-tonne cofferdam that had been lowered over the leak, lifting it right off the sea bed.On May 16th, though, oil did start to be collected, thanks to a subtler intervention.

Expectations are dim: Compaq is still struggling to catch up with industry champion Dell dell, and earnings forecasts have been lowered over the past few weeks after the computer maker said it expects to post a loss on the quarter.

The men leapt over the side to swim in a sail that had been lowered over the side.

The threshold for discontinuation appears to have been lowered over time, as indicated by higher discontinuation rates and greater share of discontinuations being due to lack/loss of efficacy.

Perhaps the bar for suspension has been lowered somewhat over the last year, and with good reason.

The bar has been lowered.

Periods when the over-riding preoccupation has been lowering the national debt have coincided with industrial, economic and strategic decline.

Leitch and Walker 18 stated that while indications for caesarean section have not changed much over time there has been lowering in the overall threshold concerning the decision to carry out a caesarean.

The price, originally $985,000, had been lowered to $925,000 — over Ms. Giannelli's budget, but maybe it could be negotiated down further.