Sentence examples for to shrink something from inspiring English sources

At times like this economists resort to game theory, warning sparring countries that, in a game where everybody is trying to shrink something – whether it be prices or currencies – everybody loses out.

The new demographics that are causing populations to age and to shrink are something to celebrate.

To explain how sentences such as 'I accept what Mary just denied' may be true, Moltmann allows the relation component R in some attitudinal objects to shrink to something as thin as "entertaining".

Wow! Unfortunately, no one bothered to tell developers that shrinking something designed for 19-inch image (as was the standard TV size of the time) down to 2.6-inches is enough to send both of the people who bought this thing to the optometrist.

Just as your physical horizons are expanding, those of the girls you know are usually shrinking, something that girls have as much interest in as you would if it happened to you.

The trials generally look at whether tumors are shrinking, something that can be determined much faster than whether patients are living longer.

The first time a patient was treated with cyclophosphamide, the active part of nitrogen mustard, the tumour shrank – something not even thought possible at the time.

If the OBR had decided that the output gap had shrunk – something that a mechanistic reading of its own published models would imply – then it would probably have ruled that the Chancellor was not on course to hit his deficit reduction target, forcing him to pencil in still more cuts for the next Parliament.

"The time to start normalisation is soon; that is not something to shrink from," he said.

Miles, who was previously considered a dove, insisted: "The time to start normalisation is soon; that is not something to shrink from".

And for Christie, who's fast emerging as the leading GOP spokesman on deficit reduction, and just about everything else, Matthews had this choice piece of advice: "If he really wants to shrink the size of something, maybe he should start with supper?" Rude and offensive yes, but was Matthews merely vocalising what many others think?