Sentence examples for were to dampen from inspiring English sources

Air travel in Britain is booming, with passenger numbers expected to more than double, to around 500m a year, by 2030 (unless restrictions on aircraft emissions were to dampen their enthusiasm (see article).

If an agreeable-seeming Gazprom, along with increased bullishness about LNG and shale gas, were to dampen European enthusiasm for Nabucco, a long-planned pipeline which might bring 30bcm of gas a year to Europe from the Caspian and the Middle East, that would suit Russia pretty well.

Taylor said their combined impact was to dampen down wages.

To do so would be to dampen legitimate national security concerns.

Osborne's secondary reason for increasing stamp duty was to dampen the housing market.

The effect was to dampen what little initiative and independence might have existed within the administration.

Talking of the government inquiries, he added: "The purpose is to dampen things, to shut us down.

What triple-drug therapy does is to dampen this viral celebration and reduce the number of viruses in the bloodstream.

The usual argument for raising interest rates is to dampen an overheating economy in which inflationary pressures have become too high.

The impetus for most accusations came from below, and the role of the state was to dampen witch-hunting ardour in the interests of justice and order.

Retail bosses fear the government is to dampen down a revamp of business rates that could help fund the introduction of the national living wage.