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McMaster's efforts did little to curb the endemic graft.
Yet he, too, concedes that the deals have done little to curb the plunder.
Sugary drinks do little to curb the appetite, perhaps because they are metabolized so quickly.
Yet they acknowledge that the agency can do little to curb the boom in fraudulent companies.
Democrats complained that the plan would do little to curb the deficit.
(The arrest of Pfc. Bradley Manning apparently did little to curb the military's penchant for leaking secrets).
As fishing in the feeding grounds causes the largest evolutionary change, a spawning-ground reserve can do little to curb these effects.
The heavy penalties did little to curb rising use of the drug.
He predicted that the law would do little to curb smoking, as it does not outlaw the possession of cigarettes by under-age smokers, only their purchase.
They have done little to curb their disproportionate consumption of the world's resources.
The fact that the United States had so far failed to persuade India to restart talks with Pakistan and that it was doing little to curb what Pakistan sees as the undue influence of India in Afghanistan was unsettling for Pakistan, Mr. Fatemi, the former ambassador, said.
