Sentence examples for slightly shortening from inspiring English sources

He did not explain what he meant, but last summer he pushed unsuccessfully for the department to add 10 additional workdays for officers each year in exchange for slightly shortening the workday.

Igor Arsenin of CSFB, an investment bank, says that a "couple of tricks," such as slightly shortening the maturity on new bonds to be offered in exchange for defaulted debt, could raise the value of Argentina's offer to around 30 cents on the dollar.

In May 1988, he suffered from mononucleosis and an ankle sprain, slightly shortening his sophomore season.

Just as an oncologist who intends to treat cancer may foresee but not intend causing nausea, so a doctor treating suffering may see the risk of, but not intend, slightly shortening the patient's life.

The spa1 mutation is also reported to have an effect on the circadian clock, slightly shortening the circadian period of CCA1, TOC1 and SPA1 transcript accumulation under constant light conditions [54].

We found that the miR369-3 regulates cell cycle by slightly shortening the cell cycle period, thus accelerating the cell cycle, which is in agreement with experimental observations.

The race will be held on a slightly shortened course.

This article has been slightly shortened for brevity.

Nitidulidae (sap beetles) are short and flattened and have slightly shortened elytra.

An edited and slightly shortened version of the speech is said to have been produced for the public.

The tees were also moved up as well, which slightly shortened many holes, and the combination made scores drop.