Sentence examples for diminution to from inspiring English sources

"That would be a serious diminution to our lifestyle," he said.

"If I were the union, I'd be concerned, because you've got your salary leader involved in some diminution to his deal, and that might create the belief that no deal is sacred," Abrams said.

Ms. Morgan's absence is a particular diminution to the "Nutcracker" season; I have watched her in previous seasons bring rare delicacy and individuality to several of its roles, notably the Sugar Plum Fairy and (a most exacting part) Marzipan.

A combination of char diminution to less than 100 μm, deagglomeration, and homogenization in a colloid mixer combined with stepwise warming and further in-line preheating under pressure immediately before gasification are essential ingredients for a successful final bioslurry preparation.

Diminution to a single-walled straw material down to about 1 cm in length is sufficient; further diminution is not desirable because it does not change the characteristic lengths, and excessive diminution creates dust problems.

The tectonics, dynamics, and biogeographic landscape of the early Paleozoic were dominated by the opening and expansion of one large ocean the Rheic and the diminution to terminal closure of another Iapetus.

Anne Smith, in her forthcoming study "The Performance of 16th-Century Music," cites a late-Renaissance authority who expects singers "to improvise diminutions, to indulge in playfulness, and, in a word, to ornament a musical body".

Sex with strangers online amounts to a diminution, close to an absolute negation, of the context that gives human interaction genuine content.

It can be observed that the values post-FM treatment showed greater diminution compared to the CG and compared to the MT treatment performed in the SG.

Because glycocalyx diminution leads to an increased capillary permeability, fluid loss toward the interstitial space, commonly considered to be a loss toward the "third space," is one major consequence of ESL degradation.

She was not arguing that the EU's remit should be trimmed.Britain could nonetheless secure a much lesser diminution, perhaps to gain freedom from some aspect of EU labour or social law.