Sentences with phrase «gradual degradation of»

Purnendu Dasgupta, a perchlorate expert from the University of Texas, Arlington, believes that the gradual degradation of perchlorate levels may be due instead to diffusion.

Does this failure typically manifest itself as a «works one day, fails the next» kind of thing, or is there some kind of gradual degradation of performance?

Though this extended chapter isn't as captivating as the main bulk of the story arc, watching the gradual degradation of the Three Kingdoms is still brilliant, and of course it gives players a new line - up of warriors to play with.

We are witnessing a gradual degradation of corporate credits, and an increase in bond market volatility appears likely over the coming months.

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Just as the Anglican Lambeth Conference of 1930 undermined a key part of the conceptual framework that made potentially fruitful heterosexual intercourse the only acceptable kind of sex, so the gradual degradation in the popular understanding of marriage makes it very difficult for many people to conceptualise the Catholic argument against gay marriage.

We have here a subtle degradation of religious ideas, following upon their gradual purification under the influence of keener ethical intuitions.

The use of EH44 as the top layer resolved the later more gradual degradation but did not solve the initial fast decreases that were seen in the cell's efficiency.

Old bulbs lose up to 50 per cent of their brightness over time, but because it's a gradual degradation this is not always noticed.

Every year, the health of 235 million people is likely to be seriously affected by gradual environmental degradation due to climate change.

The degradation of forest quality might cause a gradual depletion of rich diversity of the forest flora and fauna of the Sundarbans ecosystem» (Ministry of Environment and Forest, 32).

In addition to natural calamities, the Institute will focus on «creeping» environmental hazards — including climate change, land degradation, degradation of the social environment, population displacement, and changing resource availability and quality — which imperil communities in a more gradual but equally detrimental and multifaceted way.

To most, the fear of water damage outweighs the fear of gradual battery degradation.