Sentence examples for question of weakening from inspiring English sources

The European Commission has dismissed Mr Schmidt's comments and said that "there is no question of weakening the existing protection for recognised EU products".

These considerations raise the question whether other methods of weakening expression, such as reducing the strength of the promoter or reducing the concentration of specific transcription factors would likewise allow different states of expression that can be transmitted to progeny cells.

"Our position is that as long as Switzerland is engaged outside the country, it's out of the question to weaken the defense system for our country," said Ulrich Schlüer, a member of Parliament's standing committee for security policy from the right-wing Swiss People's Party.

Turnbull eventually moved to shut the issue down in parliamentary question time, telling the house there was no prospect of weakening the Howard agreement on gun control.

Instead of weakening him with protests and threats of impeachment, reformers should be uniting behind him.At the heart of this debate is the question of how much longer Indonesians should remain patient.

This is called the rule of weakening.

Look for signs of weakening physical condition.

When you are in prison, your first instinct is to say: "Shut up, don't question yourself … if you question yourself, you weaken yourself in the eyes of the enemy".

Women were more valued as mothers to replace the millions of Russians being killed in the war.Stephanie Gutmann, author of "A Kinder, Gentler Military", raises the question of whether "feminisation" will weaken America's armed forces.

During the 20th century philosophical interests were secularized, with the consequence that the strong link between mainstream philosophy and the discussion of religious questions was weakened.

Van Gundy said that starting the "big backcourt" of Sprewell and Houston was out of the question because it weakened the Knicks on defense, where they are the strongest.