Meanwhile, they stretch themselves to make the best of diminished resources and increasing demands at work, only to find themselves scapegoated for failures or bullied by management, who press them endlessly to deliver ever more "savings".
Furthermore, the writers' belief that parents and their dependent children can be "best friends" diminishes the notion of friendship, which at its best is a relationship between equals.
You cannot say that Joe Calzaghe is the best without diminishing so many who went before him.
Soon after arriving, the invited wife of this union did her best to diminish the joy of the occasion.
Business is particularly hard when the 'Operational Excellence' that got you and your business to the top offers, at best, only diminishing returns.
If that playful teasing ever overshadowed what he accomplished as a short-track racer in the Midwest and as a mentor to some of Nascar's best, it never diminished Trickle's impact on the sport.
Only two of his best-known ballets, "Fancy Free" and "The Concert," are intentionally funny from start to finish, and "The Concert," a City Ballet staple since its premiere in 1956, is an oddly uneven piece of foolery whose best bits are diminished by a flat finale.
We assumed that this method resulted in the best estimation and diminished the risk of overestimation and/or underestimation.
We have already shown that on cross sectional analysis green sputum, which is a feature of severity in COPD [ 14], is associated with diminished best function independent of smoking habit [ 15].
And if there are no better ideas with which to persuade the public, who in the movement is not to blame?At its best, purest and most diminished, conservatism embraced individual responsibility.
