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Thakur said Australia's earlier leadership on nuclear disarmament had diminished over the past four years.

Ryan stepped into his postgame fishbowl filled with the confidence that had diminished over the past month.

The common refrain in their responses was that student writing skills had diminished over the past 15 years and that it appeared that writing had not been a priority in their students' previous classes.

They also estimated that the daily flow rate had diminished over time, starting at about 62,000 barrels a day and decreasing as the reservoir of hydrocarbons feeding the gusher was gradually depleted.

Jazz is people music".' George Moredock, the executive director of the Stamford Center for the Arts, said he saw the need for a jazz outlet because the number of venues had diminished over the last 10 years.

Ben Stewart, a current Greenpeace activist whose book about the Arctic 30's jail term in Russia has just been released, told the Guardian that the organisation recognised that its ability to shock had diminished over time.

"The shadow of Rosyth has much diminished as jobs have diminished over the years," Sommerville said.

It is a sense that seems to have diminished over time, but has not quite disappeared.

The upsides of this sort of work have diminished over time.

And, in contrast to Mecca, the demands on these buildings have diminished over the years.

Safe Labour seats where turnout has diminished over decades often sees high levels of joblessness.