We calculate that the capacities of the outlets were too small, and conclude that the embankment failed, probably within a decade of construction, so that the benefits of the reservoir stored by the embankment and the access road on top of it were lessened substantially.
When administering parenteral analgesics to patients with hip fractures, we follow the practice standard used throughout Argentina: that is, first to administer parenteral NSAIDs, and, if the pain does not lessen substantially, opioids are given.
The Federal Trade Commission had argued the deal would have merged the No. 2 and No. 3 baby food makers and that competition would be "lessened substantially" in the $800-million-a-year U.S. market for baby food if it were to go forward.
That is something which lessens very substantially the positive impact that we as a Parliament can have.
Thus, we find on this record that the proposed merger, if consummated, 'is * * * inherently likely to lessen competition substantially.' Cf. Philadelphia Bank, supra; Nashville Bank, supra; United States v. Von's Grocery Co., 384 U.S. 270, 86 S.Ct.
Mr. Rule said Justice would not object to the deal because it "is not likely to lessen competition substantially". People Express has its hub at Newark, where New York Air also bases much of its operation.
The good prognosis for patients with disease confined to the ovary suggests that early detection could lessen mortality substantially.
The competition watchdog will now investigate whether the joint marketing substantially lessens competition, in breach of the Competition and Consumer Act.
The fundamental policy of the legislation is that, in respect of persons engaged in the same line of interstate commerce, competition is desirable and that whatever substantially lessens it or tends to create a monopoly in such line of commerce is an evil.
As both DOJ and the FTC have made clear through their enforcement programs, if a deal substantially lessens competition or tends to create a monopoly in a meaningful area of commerce, the agencies' mandate is to protect consumers from that anti-competitive effect, regardless of whether the alleged harm is occurring in the context of a much larger and otherwise unproblematic deal.
These authorities normally do not examine whether a particular merger is likely to affect welfare because it substantially lessens competition (USA) or significantly impedes effective competition (European Union).
