Sentence examples for productive by from inspiring English sources

The main reason for not creating a wetland, however, was that the land was classified as productive by the landowner, i.e., suitable for food production.

The railway boom made Britain's economy more productive by reducing transport costs.

Instead, it said, workers would be retrained to be more productive by interacting with the machines.

She has earned her rest and won't be made suddenly productive by a harsh haircut.

We don't need to train more MDs, say some doctors, we need to make physicians more productive by using NPs and PAs as "physician extenders".

Our lack of attention to the immediate environment is driven by the belief that we are being more productive by inhabiting two worlds at the same time.

The highly-productive BY-2 lysate (BYL) can be prepared quickly within 4 5 h, compared to 4 5 d for WGE.

Some even argue that it is counter-productive by making recipients dependent on hand-outs.

"It risks being counter-productive by alienating the very people needed to confront Al-Qaeda or Daesh-related terrorism: British Muslim communities".

But changing what has been the cornerstone of central banking for decades could easily prove counter-productive, by unnerving financial markets.

But the White House rejected growing calls for greater restrictions on passengers travelling from the region, insisting travel bans were "not on the table" at present and would prove counter-productive by hampering local aid efforts.