This has been an exercise in lessening BP's liability from day one.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Gulf Of Mexico, 'They Are Literally Shrimping In Oil'] Reference

The amendment arose from a long-standing interest in lessening human exposure to mercury, a known neurotoxin and nephrotoxin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thimerosal] Reference

And further consideration, I’m afraid, reveals its implausibility, again lessening all that came before.    From Wordnik.com.  [AN IMPERFECT SWORDSMAN • by Bill Ward] Reference

The United States gets some kind of lessening of tensions, gets the journalists back.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 5, 2009] Reference

Do you think that it's possible there could be some kind of lessening of the tension between the two countries?.    From Wordnik.com.  [MACNEIL/LEHRER NEWSHOUR INTERVIEW W/CASTRO] Reference

I look at it as a kind of lessening; without the ability to conceive, I will be somehow less of a woman.    From Wordnik.com.  [Progressive Bloggers] Reference

  Age, however, seemed to be lessening that burden.    From Wordnik.com.  [Borden, Dream on Lord of the Pies.] Reference

It's supposed to elucidate but ends up lessening its meaning.    From Wordnik.com.  [I don't have a gun and I don't have you] Reference

There had been a distinct lessening of efficiency in his law-school work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference

The liquid bypasses your teeth, lessening the likelihood of surface staining.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tips for dealing with tooth stains] Reference

The U.S. is eager to regain its balance by lessening its reliance on the consumer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hope Grows for Pickup in Business Spending] Reference

Spring was lessening the suffering, yet sickness from long exposures still prevailed.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference

"Of course we can!" her brother cried, with a growing, instead of lessening, enthusiasm.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar] Reference

He did not have to shout so loudly now, as the storm seemed to be lessening in its fury.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar] Reference

(To avoid lessening the potential impact on terrorists, I won't specify exactly what kind.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Time To Think About Torture] Reference

Out of his shaking arms Marc Dupre loosed Maren, the trembling lessening as the danger passed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference

Are they being redeveloped with an eye to accommodating that climate, and lessening its impact?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marc Stoiber: Rebuilding Cities in a Climate-Damaged World] Reference

No one knows why a lucky minority experience a dramatic lessening of symptoms in late middle age.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MAN BEHIND A BEAUTIFUL MIND] Reference

The heat of drunkenness is the stumblingblock of the fool, lessening strength and causing wounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference

We will do better to concentrate, first, on lessening our own harmful impact on our domestic animals.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rights Of Animals] Reference

Researchers have been able to substitute placebo for pain medication often with no lessening of relief.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Real Is The Placebo Effect?] Reference

Reminders will always be present but you can work on lessening your emotional response to the reminders.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recovering from Abuse] Reference

Besides a run of strong data, the euro has also benefited from lessening worries about the health of European banks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Data, Fed Worries Dim Dollar's Short-Term Outlook] Reference

It seems that there is a lessening of civility and respect amongst people and an increasing irritability or rudeness.    From Wordnik.com.  ['We Live In A Very Angry Society, A Very Violent Society'] Reference

Sales of new condominiums picked up this year, lessening fears about a glut of unsold condominiums driving down prices.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manhattan Gains as Housing Stalls] Reference

Similarly, they opted for a “lighter military footprint” and a lessening in the U.S. role as “world policeman.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Engelhardt: One and a Half Cheers for American Decline: The Future's Not Ours -- and That's Good News] Reference

This lessening average cost per share will help you gain better overall profits as the market increases over the long term.    From Wordnik.com.  [Take Advantage Of Dollar-Cost Averaging] Reference

Another tried-and-true tip for lessening allergy symptoms that you may recall from our swine flu coverage: Wash your hands. —.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pollen gone wild? Here's how to cope] Reference

This tried-and-true advice for helping to prevent the spread of colds and the flu is good advice for lessening allergy symptoms, too.    From Wordnik.com.  [10 ways to feel better this allergy season] Reference

Today's layoff victims are also more likely to be college-educated and to have job-hunting experience, lessening the sting of unemployment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Betting On A Recovery] Reference

It is no evidence of a lessening of my love for you, but because life has become so mysteriously perfect for me that I dream away my hours.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters of a Dakota Divorcee] Reference