Sentence examples for lowered if not from inspiring English sources

"Ralph saw equality of opportunity as a simple question of justice and kept at it until barriers had been lowered, if not removed," recalled Aaron W. Godfrey, a friend from the civil rights movement and associate at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where Mr. Watkins worked from 1968 to 1979 as director of special programs.

Online, retail, and non-retail vending practices are highlighted, with an emphasis on technological advances that have lowered, if not eliminated, barriers to diffusion of NPS knowledge, properties, and price discovery.

Governor Scott Walker's plan will lower, if not destroy, the quality of one of the best in the world's public educational systems.

The president called for lowering – if not ending – mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenses, restoring the voting rights of ex-felons, revisiting hiring practices that require applicants to list criminal activity, and expanding job training programs so inmates are better prepared to reintegrate into society.

The combination of osteoclast-inhibiting factors and anabolic agents with new implant design and refined surgical techniques will lower, if not cancel, the incidence of wear-induced osteolysis.

"Right now the forecast is about 4percentt, but that would be lowered if we do not see any surge in commodity costs over the next few months," he said.

On Friday, Standard & Poor's said that the state's current bond rating, which is high, could be lowered if the deficit is not corrected.

The per-share results in the recent quarter would have been lower, if not for a nearly 4 percent decline in the number of outstanding shares over the last year.

The market share in Germany of Opel, which General Motors acquired before World War II, has slid from 17percentt in the early 1990's to 12percenttodayay, a share that probably would be lower if not for aggressive price discounts.

The consequence is that big corporations can play off one European country against the other in a regulatory race to the bottom, demanding ever lower if not downright homeopathic tax rates.

These decreases in [Mg2+] would be lower if not for evapoconcentration as noted by the increases in chloride concentrations.