Sentence examples for practised to increase from inspiring English sources

However, once breeders appreciated the undesirable correlated response in calving ease, selection was practised to increase weaning and yearling weights while maintaining birth weight and yearling height constant.

He decided that Felix Magath's fast counter-attacks might no longer be enough against more defensive teams; a short-passing possession game has been practised to increase the available options.

Child marriage is a tradition that is practised to preserve a girl's chastity, to strengthen ties between families and as a response to poverty.

The frequency of people who never binge drink has been shown to be increasing in Sweden (Ramstedt et al., 2009); however, banalized drinking has been suggested to be practised especially by those living in the southern parts of Sweden and the amount consumed by binge drinkers (referring to the past year) has also decreased in this site, but not in the north (Gustafsson, 2010).

Whereas re-use of construction products or elements is rarely practised, there is an increasing effort to foster C&D waste recycling in many countries requiring processing of the waste in waste management plants.

He moved from being a practising Trotskyist (though he never really practised enough to get good at it) to cosying up to the Washington neocons.

The number of older girls that practised volleyball was inconsistent, decreasing significantly from 2002 to 2006 and increasing significantly from 2006 to 2010 (p<0.05).

To meet the increasing demand, endoscopy is becoming widely practised by nurses in the United Kingdom. 1 There has been little evaluation of the cost effectiveness of procedures undertaken by nurses rather than by doctors.

Like FGM, footbinding was carried out on young girls, nearly universal where practised, tied to ideas about honour, chastity and appropriate marriage, and supported by women.

Yet, it is still not widely practised due to logistical difficulties associated with its use.

We have provided an important insight into the routine provision of lifestyle advice within an acupuncture consultation, whether practised according to Western or traditional Chinese principles.