Sentence examples for lessening chances from inspiring English sources

B12 BUSINESS DAY C1-14 A Sign Economy Is Slowing American companies added 138,000 jobs in July, about half of what had been expected, lessening chances that the Fed will raise interest rates when it meets later this month.

Cold, icy climates, he said, generally dampened human passions, thus lessening chances of "public disorder".

Such a decision could lessen chances of renewed violence on the Israel-Lebanon border.

If you get to them while they are young, snapping them off rather than cutting them back lessens chances of regrowth.

One illustration of the damage: most of the time children must switch schools, usually mid-school-year; studies show how this negatively affects performance, lessens chances of graduating on time (or at all), and severs relations with peers and teachers.

This is to lessen chances of a downpour in the rainy season, said Mexican soccer officials, who also would not mind seeing the hypoxic Americans flail in moderate heat and soupy pollution.

Pre-harvest interventions to reduce pathogens in live cattle have arisen as one strategy to lessen chances of post-harvest bacterial contamination of beef.

But the political climate has soured further, lessening the chances of reforms or more prudent fiscal policy.

Thanks to rule changes aimed at lessening the chances of career-ending injuries, football is a tad less dangerous than it once was.

Don't stomp on it, the item will go flying, but the bag might pop, lessening the chances of re-usability.

You'll find that they leech off your positivity and make it hard for you to relax, lessening your chances at successful meditation.