Sentence examples for time curtailing from inspiring English sources

In 1990, his creator, John Updike, killed him off at the premature age of 56 (two years younger than Updike at the time), curtailing an eager, questing life that had spanned four novels and as many decades.

Those living in glacial areas may have a harder time curtailing the use of fire, but just remind your children that when you were their age several layers of animal pelts were enough to keep you perfectly warm.

Ethical tensions arise from the fact that the physician cannot alleviate the dying patient's gasping respiration, except by relieving it and at the same time curtailing the life he is witnessing.

The basic elements that are contained in each of the proposals revolve around how to collect the revenues needed to run the government by changing different prescriptions in the tax code and at the same time curtailing the amount that the government spends in entitlements, defense and discretionary programs, and therefore has to borrow, on a regular basis.

Since 1949, however, Beijing has emerged as one of China's most industrial cities, although a concern for the adverse effects of industrialization on the city's environment has, over time, curtailed expansion.

This results in an increased workload for both men and women; while men engaged in agricultural activities, women spent longer time in animal care and herding, hence compensating the time curtailed by the men.

Libraries in Westminster and Merton were closed or opening times curtailed and the Woolwich ferry did not run.

Table 4 Bidding offer for two groups of IL users Group Total number of interruptions Interruption duration (h) Capacity (kW) Compensation costs ($/kWh) 1 2 4 18 0.2242 2 4 18 0.224 Table 5 Bidding offer for one group of SL users Group Time for curtailed load Starting time for increased load Ending time for increased load Capacity (kW) Compensation costs ($/kWh) 1 20:00 1:00 3:00 10 0.06.

Mr. Obama spent much of his time alone, curtailing his dating life after his first summer, when he met his future wife, a Harvard Law graduate named Michelle Robinson who was working in Chicago.

Nevertheless, in the case of the torture of human beings it is in practice impossible to inflict extreme physical suffering of the kind endured by the victims of torture without at the same time intentionally curtailing the victim's exercise of his autonomy during the torturing process.

However, patients also referred to nurses being busy and not wanting to waste time, and curtailing their communication attempts with hospital staff.