Sentence examples for lessened is the from inspiring English sources

The only competitive edge that may be lessened is the drive for individual teams to increase revenues if they are forced to share them with the rest of the teams in the league.

The problem would be lessened were the mayor to make up his mind whether or not he will stand for the Commons at the next election – and do so quickly.

Lessening is the traditional idea of simply putting your body on the line, being strong in the tackle and clearing the ball into touch.

The impact of increasing systolic blood pressure on reducing the probability of a good outcome in the S-TPI was lessened as was the effect of being male.

"Another aspect is the lessening of universalism - the more means testing, the more complex it becomes".

If that is the explanation then is lessens the generality of this finding.

Alleviate hunger, lessen poverty: these are the primary goals of her work.

TGF-β had elevated total, but not of active, levels lessening the likelihood of being the IFN-γ counterpart.

This lessened stereospecificity is caused by the carbanion intermediate's not maintaining the rigid geometry characteristic of the concerted mechanism.

Yet those are still complex, lessening the chance that they were the primordial replicating molecules, Leman says.

"Job losses are lessening, the G.D.P. is rising, the housing market is stabilizing, and have you looked at the stock market lately?