The last two decades of his life saw some diminution in quality.
So, let's be really public, even if it costs some diminution in quality.
Another real-terms cut in the licence fee will inevitably lead to a loss of services or diminution in quality or both," he said.
It would be all too easy to fill the spaces we've vacated but any diminution in quality would have long-term impact on the Borough "brand".
I'm also uncertain whether it's possible to show that the move from staff to freelance contributors will result, or has resulted, in a diminution in quality.
Another real terms cut in the licence fee will inevitably lead to a loss of services or diminution in quality or both.
(EMI): Pet Shop Boys have written so many good pop songs over such a long period, and with so little diminution of quality, that their lack of American super-stardom can only be attributed to occult forces.
But it also covers many occupations that used to be thought safe from foreign competition.Any service job that can be delivered down a wire without any diminution in quality is offshorable, reasons Mr Blinder.
In the end, the choice will have to be between another late bailout from Treasury funds, an intensification of the rationing of access which is already evident in rising waiting times, or a diminution of quality, for example by allowing some slippage against the strictures on staffing which were introduced after the deadly scandal at Mid-Staffs.
But there's no diminution in quality or excitement – dour, sardonic Renko is always a joy to be around, and the race-against-time climax, as Renko's chess-genius ward Zhenya struggles to crack the translator's code, is expertly handled.
Producing a children's book almost every year, with no diminution in quality, variety or depth, throughout the 1970s, 80s and 90s, and with titles including Eva (1988), AK (1990), The Kin (1998), The Ropemaker (2001) and its sequel Angel Isle (2006), and several picture books as well, Dickinson continued to be annually shortlisted for several major book awards.
