Sentence examples for lessened state from inspiring English sources

These constitutional restrictions have unquestionably lessened state borrowing; in so doing they have, perhaps, reduced waste, but they have also sometimes prevented urgently sought improvements.

The group, the New York State Independent System Operator, titled its new report "Power Trends," instead of the previously titled "Power Alerts" to reflect a lessened state of urgency, the group's president, William J. Museler, said.

This leads caregivers, many of whom are low-income and lack formal education, to opt into a program that seems to offer the benefits of lessened state involvement, without an understanding of the future drawbacks.

But economically speaking, the party opted to shift to the right, with policies aimed at lessening state intervention, said Ellakuria Bastida.

It is one thing to convince his colleagues of the money-raising, EU-placating benefits of a privatisation campaign that will lessen state holdings in some 13 companies, from Air France and Renault to the totemic Electricité de France.

He called again for lessening the state's harsh mandatory sentences for drug crimes, a hot issue among minority voters.

He supports a move to switch New Jersey's presidential primaries from February back to their traditional June date, potentially lessening the state's influence on nominations.

These findings suggest that women who participate in prenatal counseling and testing may be subject to experience distress and unrealistic perceptions of their risk and may benefit from interventions designed to lessen these states.

But in the past decade or two employers have become less keen on staff being away for military training, and the networking advantages have lessened.Because the state needs fewer soldiers, dodging the draft has also become easier.

A recent British Social Attitudes survey found that people's perception of benefit claimants as a drain on the state lessened considerably when they were told how low out-of-work benefits really are (£51.62 per week for a single person under 25).

Wang established local militias that could aid the official standing army and lessen the constrained state budget expenses for the military.