Sentence examples for role has shrunk from inspiring English sources
Life expectancy in France has increased from fifty to nearly eighty-two years in the past century, even as France's global role has shrunk.
The decision to take away his daily control over the White House's policy-making apparatus is the first time his role has shrunk, and it is a stark reversal from the heady aftermath of Mr. Bush's 2004 re-election victory, when Mr. Rove's portfolio was expanded to give him formal control over policy.
Little by little, his role has shrunk.
The filmmakers said that Mr. Quaid's role had shrunk considerably and that other roles had been cut entirely.
By the time Hollywood become a bottom-line-obsessed corporation in the 1980s, women's roles had shrunk to puny dimensions of hot girlfriend and imperiled wife.
In big museums, the role of the curator has shrunk in recent years as different branches of curatorial work – such as interpretation, or learning, or conservation – have split off and become professions of their own.
And any agreement that women should return to ''traditional roles" in American life has shrunk from 30 to 9percentt.
Mr. Zapatero, a 47-year-old lawyer who came into office with no government experience, has become less tentative in the last four years, but he suffers from the perception that he improvises policy decisions, is mired in internal politics and has shrunk Spain's role on the international stage.
The role of this virtually carbon-free power source has shrunk since its peak in 1996.
He has joined the great Western metropolis--such as it has shrunk to in the '80s--but in a foolish, soul-destroying role.
