Sentence examples for diminished pay from inspiring English sources

The union has offered to accept diminished pay raises that would reduce players' share of revenue to about 53 percent.

The players have proposed accepting diminished pay raises that would reduce their share of revenue to about 53 percent.

Diminished pay and government oversight had rendered the miseries and indignities of investment banking no longer endurable; it was hard enough to will himself to do it when he was making millions.

He also insisted that his transition into a titular consulting role last season — more than other factors, including a reported offer of diminished pay — was based on his desire to be in Indianapolis full time again, with his wife, Judy, some of their 11 grandchildren and their dogs.

Even a group of our greatest federal judges is asking the Supreme Court to hear their plea for a ruling that Congress must reinstate the automatic inflation adjustment in their salaries that the legislature had suspended a suspension that was, the judges contend, in violation of the constitutional prohibition of diminishing the pay of a judge while he continues in office.

Tension Over Money Before 1918's Game 5, the players refused to leave their Fenway Park locker rooms in a protest over their diminished World Series pay.

He enjoyed initial success at Barnard's, but audience numbers soon diminished and his pay was reduced to 15 shillings a week as a result.

Italy has one of the lowest birth rates in the world and one of the most generous state pension schemes an unsustainable combination that leaves an ever diminishing workforce paying for an ever rising number of pensioners.

Erin Blair Houston, July 6 , 2008• To the Editor: The Avastin story points out the sad fact that both patients and society are victims of the law of diminishing returns: paying more and more for marginal, often questionable results while venture capitalists reap the real returns.

Making matters worse, a new broadcasting agreement for the Premier League will diminish fees paid out to soccer clubs.

Although a clutch/pressure plate system wears gradually over time, eventually the clutch's performance may become noticeably diminished, and by paying close attention to how it engages, slippage should be apparent to a competent driver.