Sentence examples for lessening because from inspiring English sources

He mentioned that fear among the local populace in areas where the strikes have been occurring was lessening because "everyone knew that they only hit the house or location of very bad people".

Fallon's recent winners have lessened because, apart from being banned for two days last week, on Saturday night he flew to Canada immediately after Ascot.

Ndereba's disappointment was lessened because she lost to a countrywoman.

Pressure to control the effects of industrial energy and agriculture systems is lessened because the urban majority does not experience environmental degradation that affects rural populations.

It could have been culled from past issues of People, and its impact is lessened because so many of these performers are already overexposed.

If the defamation bill became law, the risk of libel action would be lessened because of a new public interest defence.

Zimbardo argued that Frederick's sentence should be lessened because the Stanford experiment had shown that few people could resist the situational pressures that may exist in a prison.

In an interview on Tuesday with reporters and editors at The Times, Mr. Paulson said the risk of taxpayer loss was lessened because Fannie and Freddie had "good" collateral for any loans they may receive.

He added that the BBC's influence would be lessened because the corporation had "managed to wreck the greatest broadcasting reputation in the world" and was now "in crisis in terms of its relationship with the people of Scotland".

However, in some food-based territorial felid species such as the jaguar (Panthera onca), the influence of food availability on territoriality remains unclear and may be lessened because of a tendency for individuals to occur at high densities across the landscape.

The strong push seen a few years ago for more renewable energy has lessened because the US is now using more natural-gas fired power plants rather than coal because of all the gas produced from fracking, said Rashed Haq, vice president of energy and commerce at Sapient Global Markets.