Sentence examples for retarding the progress from inspiring English sources

But whereas Biju and I only laughed and did not care about it much, the Minister made a great issue out of it and said a lot about religion retarding the progress of the people.

In fast-changing fields, overly generous patent grants that last far longer than the commercial life of any product that might make use of them are retarding the "progress of science and useful arts" — the Founding Fathers' justification for granting patent monopolies in the first place.

Those who refuse to include hypothetical thinking in their scientific method are guilty of retarding the progress of science no less than are those who include such thinking but do so badly (IP §54).

The brakes are four in number – two handbrakes, acting by friction; and two acting by preventing the free escape of air from cylinder and thus using compressed air in retarding the progress of the engine.

Carlson and others argue that restricting publication would retard the progress of the research without increasing safety.

"Nothing has done more to retard the progress of the human race than the exaltation of submission into a high and noble virtue," he wrote.

It is found that the diffusion effects retard the progress of chain extension reactions and, lead to a lower coupling efficiency and a lower molecular weight.

That system had allowed generations of rich men and their sons to attain high ranks for which they were wholly unfitted and thereby had retarded the progress of competent career officers.

Although drug or natural substance therapy may retard the progress of alopecia or prevent future hair loss, it may also accelerate hair loss when the medication is stopped after prolonged use.

For example, Japan's Vice Prime Minister asserted that allowing Japanese women to vote would "retard the progress of Japanese politics". There are other critics, believe it or not, that argue that democracy could not succeed in Japan because the national religion -- Shinto -- was too fanatical and rooted in the Emperor.

If we don't stay conscious of our bias towards privacy, it could retard the progress of innovation.