Sentence examples for if weakening from inspiring English sources

Hence, the stubborn — if weakening — suspicion of "good works" by China's leadership under the People's Republic.

It's unclear if weakening the strong default encryption now provided on all Apple iPhones -- and soon, on Androids -- would prevent terrorism at all.

Given this is the case, why should one suggest that Theresa May follow this kind of politics and buck the trend of the Thatcherite consensus which has held a feverish (even if weakening) grip on the way in which politics has been conducted?

Consistent with this interpretation, human neocentromeres are found on chromosomes that have evidently suffered deletions of alpha satellite arrays within the native centromere (Amor et al. 2004; Floridia et al. 2000), as if weakening or loss of a centromere allows for a neocentromere to become established.

Overwhelmed municipalities, especially if weakened by corruption, offer a weak response.

He evoked an image of a nation still fiercely proud, and even dangerous, if weakened by years of war.

The prose, in Sean Kinsella's English translation, is direct and starkly unlyrical, if weakened occasionally by cliche.

Many scientists avoid human experiments using live viruses, even if weakened or genetically altered, because of the danger of accidentally causing disease.

Beyond that are questions about the appropriate posture for the United States, once the world's lone superpower, at a time of a rising and undemocratic China and an aggressive, if weakened, Russia.

But the easing of interest rates to a near half-decade low isn't likely to stave off a significant downturn if weakened Asian demand continues to take the shine off Australia's mining boom.

When not on foot, women would usually travel on horseback or, if weakened or infirm, be carried in a wagon or a litter.