Sentence examples for weaken the force from inspiring English sources
Both defendants had wanted separate trials, hoping to exclude evidence that did not directly pertain to them and thus weaken the force of the case.
The fact that some Germans who belonged to the "generation of perpetrators" had ended up as its victims, and that some Germans had even shown civil courage and rescued Jews, seemed to weaken the force of the indictment.
Prejudice, ignorance, and intolerance permeate the military and weaken the force.
But it is vital too that the subsidiarity principle should on no account be abused to weaken the force of Community law.
"The only intention we have is to weaken the forces that have occupied our country and to regain our sovereignty.
For that widespread and quite outrageous abuse, by capitalists, of capitalism, threatens to weaken the forces and arguments that would otherwise defend liberty.
It is the only way to build a national consensus for what's going to be a long cold-war-like struggle to strengthen the forces of moderation and weaken the forces of violent intolerance within the Arab-Muslim world -- which is what the real war on terrorism is about.
In addition to its effect on Arab states, Mr. Baz said that the United States approach in the region was helping to weaken the forces of moderation in Israel, where many people were hoping that the Bush administration would take what he called "a clear-cut position to check the mad spiral of violence".
In this case, the particular argument depends on the balance between natural selection and mutation: on one side, robustness reduces sensitivity to genetic (mutational) perturbations and therefore weakens the force of natural selection; on the other side, the weakened force of selection must be balanced against the continual evolutionary pressure from new mutations.
But that raises the hackles of the Palestinians, who argue that the latest wording weakens the force of the 100% principle.
But Mr. McCain and the other principal sponsors of the law said the rulings by the commission seriously weakened the force of the legislation.
