Sentence examples for soften the current from inspiring English sources

The expert panel could choose to tighten, as well as soften, the current ban on the use of thiamethoxam, clothianidin and imidacloprid, which was introduced following an Efsa ruling in 2012 that they posed an "unacceptable" danger to bees.

Carl Meyer, from the University of Hawaii, wrote in the Conversation on Sunday: Western Australian fisheries minister Troy Buswell has tried to soften the current plan by indulging in semantics.

Hammond could give himself £17bn to spend in 2019-20 if he softened the current financial targets, said Whittaker, "even after accounting for the £23bn deterioration in the outlook, he would still be on course to deliver a current budget surplus in 2019-20".

The machine is supposed to soften the negative effects the current recession has for wine lovers.

That would soften the expected blow of the current $9 billion gap.

The other reason was more political: "Given that these soldiers will be overwhelmingly francophone [therefore speaking the same language as many Haitians, unlike the Portuguese-speaking Brazilian troops], the UN might be attempting to soften the image of their current force and focus on winning the hearts and minds of the population".

If utilities push up prices before the election to soften the blow, consumers may blame the current government.

However, growth remained moderate and may have softened in the current quarter.

The job for the current team was to soften the edges of the characters' sharply etched traits so that they would be familiar, yet believable as toddlers.

"The intensity, though, for the current boys is there," he adds, to soften the blow.

"Something needs to be done about it and done quickly to help the people of that area to survive this [current] drought and to soften the impact of CSG mining on their farms".