Sentence examples for retarding growth from inspiring English sources

Fly larvae are serious agricultural pests; they feed on young crop plants, retarding growth or killing them.

Despite its troubles, the European Union remains the world's single largest market, which means its weakness is retarding growth in the rest of the world.

Much of Stiglitz's book is devoted to demonstrating that excessive inequality amounts to sand in the gears of capitalism, creating volatility, fueling crises, undermining productivity and retarding growth.

But one thing is clear, the gridlock that is called rush hour is not only maddening to the drivers caught in it, but is harming the state economically by retarding growth.

Sooner or later, we will have to embrace some combination of single-buyer purchasing of drugs, market competition and mandatory coverage to keep medical costs from seriously retarding growth.

It affects pines of all ages and sizes, retarding growth and weakening stems as it spreads along the trunk, sometimes killing the tree; young trees are killed more quickly than older ones.

There was retarded growth and problems with fertility.

Its relatively meager2.5percentnt expansion last year retarded growth across the continent.

Others are spraying them with a chemical to retard growth.

It is burdened by industry restrictions and labor laws that tend to retard growth.

These and other structural problems have retarded growth and wages for decades.