The collective excess would diminish, of course, without whipped cream drifting like a cloud overhead.
Competition from the likes of Oracle and Siebel is hardly likely to diminish, of course; Oracle continues to leverage its dominance of the database market for all it is worth, and Siebel looks as strong as ever in the CRM market.
"This danger was diminished, of course, by the fact that Scotland is an integral part of the UK economy and that we are currently contributing to the fastest growing economy in the G7.
Given that knowledge is power in negotiation, powerful parties may find their strength rapidly diminishing over the course of talks.
So, incompetent managers actually weaken the organization for the next economic cycle, while, of course, diminishing their own value and credibility.
The improved ratings from pre to follow-up indicates that contact with clients with mental illness during 3-months of human service provision after the course, tended to maintain rather than diminish the post course confidence in their ability to provide services to this client group.
I'm not talking about serious learning disabilities, of course, or diminishing their importance.
And next week he opens as the patriarch Max in Harold Pinter's "Homecoming," a man-monster of diminishing powers and, of course, many vulgarities.
Caro is a loss adjustor for a large insurance company who is also adjusting to loss in her personal life – an irony of sledgehammer subtlety whose diminishing returns over the course of a whole novel can be imagined.
They slowly come to realize they're not just up against an errant can of, say, Drano, especially since the hints are somewhat broad -- the zombie-like homeless folk surrounding the church, their own rapidly diminishing numbers and, of course, the ancient alternate Bible that spells it all out, thanks to an ancient-languages expert who types the translation into her computer.
And, if the companies that run Las Vegas casinos continue on their post-recession course, the diminishing size of baccarat win could spell big trouble.
