A one standard-deviation increase in their trust measure is associated with a boost to trade between two countries of 30%, and a rise in bilateral foreign direct investment of as much as 75%.They also find that high education levels and more information tend to lessen these effects (no doubt by correcting misconceptions about unfamiliar countries).
By asking, "Are you sure?" companies may be able to introduce an element of doubt, lessening its strength.
One of the biggest reasons is to just know and see that with a disability or chronic illness you can succeed in this profession — this is a common theme throughout all advocacy, but seeing people you can relate to in positions of power lessens the self-doubt a little bit more.
But knowing this didn't lessen my anger, and I doubted that it would lessen his pain.
My doubts were not lessened by the author's prefatory compliment to the clarity of the new revision of the Federal Judicial Code and his statement that this book was constructed about that revision.
If the logic is to lessen expensive travel then I doubt if this makes any difference to most in this league, indeed it probably increases travel and costs!
But I doubt that it will lessen the report's impact on MPs and peers when they debate forthcoming surveillance legislation.
Don't leave a project to rot, unless you are leaving it forever, keep it active, otherwise you may begin to doubt it, which will in result lessen your chances of Step 3! Don't do it just for the money.
Meanwhile, officer Resende, bunkered down in his favela UPP, doubts that the pressures are going to lessen any time soon.
There are doubts, but if he settles in as a reliable power hitter, Duda will lessen his liability at first base.
PBT/ABS blends can have excellent mechanical properties in the absence of any compatibilizer; however, a compatabilizer would no doubt improve the stability of the morphology of the blends and may lessen their dependence on process conditions.
