Sentence examples for shortened amount from inspiring English sources

In short, if an actually infinite extension could exist and can be shortened by some finite amount (which is assumed as given), then the shortened amount must be either equal to or less than the original infinite extension; however, either case leads to contradiction.

And the rush by states to move up their caucus and primary dates has shortened the amount of time voting officials have to hire and train poll workers.

This also shortened the amount of construction time since the floors were "furniture ready" in less than the traditional 12 weeks required for standard construction.

HFMWEEK   For Facebook, Quicker Access to a Stock Index  |  After reports that Facebook would list on the Nasdaq, the exchange operator shortened the amount of time required before a company could be admitted to the closely watched Nasdaq 100 index.

So we can look with some sympathy on Mike Tanier's pre-season prediction that last summer's lockout, which shortened the amount of time NFL teams could practice before the season began, would result in less scoring.

Kansas and Missouri recently shortened the amount of time poor people can receive TANF benefits.

Warmer temperatures have also shortened the amount of time the Chukchi Sea stays frozen each year, leaving the coastline exposed to fall and early winter storms.

Another provision signed into law by McDonnell also shortened the amount of time given to alleged traffic law violators to respond to citations resulting from red light camera violations.

She shortened the amount of time it took the department to review development permits for wetlands-affected areas and for manufacturing plants; in doing so, she annoyed some environmentalists who thought that the streamlined procedures diminished public review.

The variable interlimb angle model predicts that the fault-propagation fold can be symmetric, normal asymmetric (with a greater dip value in the forelimb than in the backlimb), or reverse asymmetric (with greater dip in the backlimb) depending on the shortening amount.

Consider a healthcare professional who decides to prescribe a life-shortening amount of pain-killing medicine; a sanctity-of-life doctrine-supporting observer subscribing to the DDE would want to know whether the healthcare professional was intent on shortening the patient's life or whether he or she was intent on relieving the patient's suffering.