Sentence examples for that could detract from inspiring English sources

Commissioner Bud Selig has reminded clubs that they are to make no major announcements during the World Series that could detract from it.

The political question is this: Would bold new proposals create more excitement among voters, or would they mire the campaign in debate that could detract from the goal of promoting Mr. Bush?

But those close to Mr. Grenell, known as Ric, insist that when he had sought forceful support from those who had entrusted him with a major role, the campaign seemed to be focused, instead, on quieting a political storm that could detract from Mr. Romney's message and his appeal to a crucial constituency.

Greg Portell, a partner of A.T. Kearney, a global management consulting firm, said that could detract from Apple's brand proposition of being a provider of easy-to-use products that all work together seamlessly.

Majd hopes to expand on the practice by experimenting with larger-scale pieces and how people interact with them, although he worries that could detract from the intimacy that his smaller embroideries possess.

I think the article can benefit from careful editing aimed at removing such verbiage that potentially could detract from the important messages that authors are trying to convey.

Amigo was world-premiering his Flamenco\Celtic project "Tierra", and if there were times when he and his band produced the kind of slightly lush, sentimental sounds that no tourist board would have objected to, that could not detract from the artistry on offer.

Others have previously emphasized "the importance of minimizing the amount of false-positive signals (SDRs) that, if excessive, could detract from optimal pharmacovigilance activities" [ 24].

In Madagascan tradition, future outcomes are assured through building tombs for the ancestors and sacrificing cattle; all available funds are used for this priority, and it was thought that buying soap could detract from such investment in the future.

Melle Mel from Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five sported a tartan pimp suit, but even that couldn't detract from one of rap's great voices as he rumbled through Old Testament texts The Message and White Lines.

Nishikori admitted he had not played well for several weeks, and that he knew next to nothing about Evans, but that could hardly detract from a performance by Birmingham's favourite tennis prodigy, who played with such exhilarating freedom that he blew his opponent away in under two hours, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.