Sentence examples for diminished options from inspiring English sources

Instead of securing the bandage of a lucrative rail franchise, First licked its wounds as the government paused the entire rail franchising programme, a delay that diminished options beyond the long-resisted rights issue – one being considered even when US railwayman O'Toole joined the board four years ago.

We've heard almost nothing about the town pool back home or the much-diminished food options for dinner.

With diminished numbers come diminished profits.

Finally, diminished household capital compromises alternative livelihood investment opportunities, and the remaining options, like wage labour and horticulture, fail to generate significant income.

Even if things go well, it could yield weakened American alliances and influence, a more anemic presence overseas, a diminished capacity to project power, fewer options and allies in the Middle East, and an increased threat of terrorism.

For each of these girls and their families this means fewer options, fewer opportunities and diminished prosperity.

Because a diminished BBC would diminish Britain.

But the Smart's diminished size brings diminishing returns.

These combine with diminished hearing and eyesight; diminished mobility and balance; diminished respiratory and kidney function; and diminished cognitive abilities.

With the withdrawal or diminished external military forces, donors are anticipating options for government autonomy in managing donor resources, requiring more active participation of civic engagement.

And we might pray for a Basil Radford figure, because our real-life options are politicians of a stature so diminished that they would have seemed impossible in 1949.