Sentence examples for soften the expected from inspiring English sources

Their wary opponents are manoeuvring to soften the expected blow.

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

Although the overall commercial real estate market is likely to soften, the respondents said they expected certain regions to outperform others.

Unions have already run ads attacking Mr. Romney in Florida, Ohio, Nevada and other states, not so much to help his Republican opponents, but to stretch out the nominating contest and soften him up for the expected head-to-head contest against Mr. Obama.

The chancellor had been expected to soften the blow of the cuts following weeks of pressure from across the political spectrum.

While Mr. Obama is expected to soften the Bush administration's line against talking to Iran, the aides said, he may also seek to toughen sanctions.

McManus wrote that soldiers were upset that a bombing barrage expected to soften the way for the invasion had done almost nothing; the bombs were dropped too far inland.

"The decision to cut rates is expected to soften the factors restraining economic revival and will secure the stability of the growing trend" of gross domestic product," the regulator said in a statement.

So concerned were Andersen's executives about employee morale that, in an effort to soften the effect of news articles expected to be critical, they distributed e-mail alerts to staff members before the accounts were published.

The FDIC provoked a backlash when it proposed the guidelines in July and is expected to soften the policy when it meets Aug. 26.

Even as the economy softens, the company is expected to deliver 20percentt annual earnings growth over at least the next year because of its diverse portfolio of businesses, he said.