Sentence examples for diminished to almost from inspiring English sources

It had diminished to almost nothing by the time one of the servers came by to explain precisely what it was that everyone was enjoying so much: fava beans, deconstructed and then sautéed, pods and all, with cumin and onions.

My productivity as a postdoc diminished to almost nothing during the job search, much to my and my adviser's disappointment.

In the 1920s and 1930s, as mechanization became more prevalent, both wild and domesticated breeding stock diminished to almost nothing, and d'Andrade, along with his son Fernando, encouraged the conservation of the breed.

VPAF fighter activity diminished to almost nothing for 10 weeks afterwards, thereby accomplishing the main goal of Operation Bolo: to eliminate or diminish the threat of MiGs to the strike formations.

The certainty that Greek philosophy is part and root of Christianity — one Muslim philosopher called it God having "a Greek friend" — seems almost diminishing to those Catholics.

Meanwhile, the public profile of the poor has diminished almost to the point of invisibility.

Therefore, the danger of our major banks defaulting has diminished almost to vanishing point.

Holding off follow-up flows for months would leave endangered humpback chub fish, sandbars used by river rafting trips, and archaeological treasures at river's edge diminished "almost to the point of no return," he said.

One lesson from the Taliban's behavior, officials in Pakistan said tonight, was that whatever influence Pakistan's backing brought it with the Taliban in the past had diminished, almost to the point of disdain.

Mutations of either Ser or Ser to alanines significantly reduced p38δ-dependent phosphorylation in vitro, and mutation of both sites diminished autoradiography almost to background levels.

Mr Farron is the firm favourite among bookmakers to follow Mr Clegg, who stepped down in the wake of a disastrous general election result that saw the number of Lib Dem MPs diminished from almost 50 to eight.