Sentence examples for diminution of influence from inspiring English sources

Removal of the confirmation requirement could be seen as diminution of influence.

"Over the next generation or two you might see a diminution of their influence," he said of international terrorists.

If there proves to be a silver lining to this debacle, it would be the defeat of Mr. Murdoch's effort to take control of BSkyB, and a diminution of his influence in British affairs.

Partly for that reason that the AIIB would amount to a diminution of Japanese influence in favour of China at a time when their relations are fraught Japan is sniffy about the new bank.

This figure may seem high by international standards, but it marks a significant diminution of the influence of the Catholic Church.

Image caption The shadow foreign secretary said Mr Johnson was talking "delusional nonsense" Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry said Mr Johnson - a key figure in the Vote Leave campaign in the EU referendum - had played his part in the "greatest diminution of British influence on the world stage in a generation".

In such a case, the diminution of the influence of a strong distinction between creation and conservation coupled with a temporal understanding of creation may be lamented as a lost opportunity to provide evidence for a traditional theistic understanding of the world.

The large states, fearing a diminution of their influence in the legislature under this plan, opposed this proposal.

Reverend William Bentley observed that Lincoln's criticism was a serious blow: "[N]ever did the Clergy suffer a more serious diminution of their influence and of their power".

1206; once the regent and prime minister) being driven from the court in 1196; with the diminution of their influence, so dimmed Teika's prospects.

You might also have thought that the Scottish Conservatives, who spent 30 years opposing devolution, would be deeply concerned at this diminution of Westminster's influence on Scotland.