Sentence examples for diminishing importance from inspiring English sources

As with the earlier workshop Nominal Group Technique activity, participants were asked to rank the themes in order of importance: with '1' representing the theme they regarded as being most important and subsequent ranks signifying the themes of diminishing importance (Step 9, Figure 1).

The Premier League explosion has dovetailed nicely with the diminishing importance of the national team in the public consciousness.

In flowering plants, these are (roughly in order of diminishing importance) insects, wind, birds, mammals, and water.

He detected then "the ever-increasing concentration of industrial and financial power and the diminishing importance of the individual capitalist or shareholder".

But these changes have had little effect on the diminishing importance of the Philharmonic in American culture, for the problem goes far beyond New York.

Cosell also anticipates a curious fallout to the proliferation of spread offenses: a diminishing importance of the left tackle, usually considered integral to any passing game.

Steel production has been largely transferred to the coastal site of Dunkirk, and the textile industry is of greatly diminished importance.

The wealth this commerce brought to Kent may have been the basis of the continuing, though diminished, importance of Kent in Eadbald's reign.

If conditions remain the same, St . Georges will play hard and fast, diminishing the importance of power and increasing the importance of accuracy.

I'm not talking about serious learning disabilities, of course, or diminishing their importance.

That had raised fears that firms could leave London, diminishing its importance as a financial hub.