Sentence examples for tried to decrease from inspiring English sources

Patients watched the activity and tried to decrease it by doing mental exercises, such as focusing on a part of the body where they did not have pain.

In this study, we tried to decrease the hydrogen content in diamond-like carbon (DLC) grown by photoemission-assisted plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PA-PECVD) using Ar/CH4 mixed with CO2.

She projects onto the screen a rough graph comparing activity in the cingulate during the intervals when I tried to increase the fires with the activity when I tried to decrease them.

Were fat children watching more television because they were socially isolated or was watching television making them fat? "There were a number of epidemiological studies showing positive, but often weak correlations between hours of TV viewing and body weight," Dr. Robinson said, but he added, "I was surprised that no one had ever tried to decrease TV viewing in kids".

The widows of firefighters threatened to take to the streets, literally, when he tried to decrease the number of firefighters at the site last year, and he attracted anger from other families over his handling of the Twin Towers Fund after he left office.

Alternatively, we tried to decrease the pyrolysis temperature.

To reduce gun violence, we can try to decrease access to guns (gun control).

For their part, police officials say they are trying to decrease the acrimony.

"We are trying to decrease its stigma and I think that's working," she said.

Our work is based on one-vs-all strategy where we try to decrease conflicting situations.

The two tech companies are trying to decrease their dependence on making PCs.