Sentence examples for diminish rather from inspiring English sources

The letter said such a rule could "diminish rather than enhance investors' overall understanding of fund fees".

The sharing economy entails a profound disruption of current modes of production; it could destroy small-scale retail enterprises and it could diminish, rather than enrich, our culture.

He suppressed his opinions not because he had doubts about their merits, but because he believed that expressing them would diminish, rather than expand, his coalition of support.

"I venture to say that with such transparency, the current upward bias of analysts' earnings projections would diminish rather rapidly," Mr. Greenspan said, "because investment firms are well aware that security analysis without credibility has no market value".

Arthur Neslen The dominant view among foreign policy analysts around the world is that a British exit from the EU would diminish rather than enhance the country's standing and influence.

A novel must supply answers, and Parini's are all too often prosaic, tending to diminish rather than enhance our estimation of the man. 1 2 Next Page » Megan Marshall is the author of "The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism".

But such a claim diminishes rather than elevates King.

Furthermore, this step diminishes rather than promotes the equal rights of women in that country.

Admittedly, Helen Mirren did a wonderful PR job for the Queen, but often even the most hagiographic screen treatments can end up diminishing rather than dignifying their subjects.

Seen on clean white walls, tags and throw-ups tend to look diminished rather than elevated, their grit and defiance drained away by institutional approval.

The role musical education plays in cultural value, or to put it crudely, what we are yielding in terms of the economy, is probably diminishing rather than increasing".