Sentence examples for and further diminished from inspiring English sources

Pedro Sánchez, the leader of the PSOE, said the verdict in the Gürtel corruption case had "seriously damaged the health of our democracy" and further diminished Rajoy's credibility.

The copy's background was black, and the painting was covered in a layer of dark varnish, which gave it a yellowish glow and further diminished its vibrancy.

Instead, critics like Dr. Horton said, Mr. Bloomberg has started carrying out all the 4,500 layoffs he was threatening, and further diminished his leverage by announcing that he had withdrawn a "doomsday" threat of 10,500 layoffs.

After the transfer of power, Iraqi officials and their American advisers must fashion a modern industry from one starved of investment by Saddam Hussein's government and further diminished by the looting of billions of dollars from oil sales under United Nations sanctions after the Persian Gulf war in 1991.

While he is highly unlikely to win – and has no support among the party establishment – his attacks on illegal immigrants and his barbed comments about his fellow Republicans have both moved him to the head of the pack in a crowded field and further diminished the party's already poor public image.

Analysts say the mayors have alienated all other ethnic groups, sullied their images as emerging leaders of their national political parties and further diminished the stature of a turbulent city that often ranks near the top of the cities with the highest murder rates and at the bottom of the cities that banks like to lend to.

James Knightley, economist at ING, said: "This is a 17-month low and further diminishes the prospect of Bank of England policy tightening in November.

A decision by the UK to withdraw from the EU could "spill over to the euro area, driving up risk premia and further diminishing the prospects for growth there," it added.

The report, by the International Atomic Energy Agency, a branch of the United Nations, appears likely to bolster the Obama administration's case for a fourth round of economic sanctions against Iran and further diminish its interest in a deal, recently revived by Turkey and Brazil, in which Iran would send a portion of its nuclear stockpile out of the country.

So "the predators may reduce the prey populations significantly," he says, and further diminish the polar continent's biodiversity.

Moreover, the ready availability of information to patients on the Internet, and the increased presence and effectiveness of patient advocacy groups, enhances patient knowledge and involvement in prescribing decisions, and further diminishes the relative import of drug detailing.