Sentence examples for has since lessened from inspiring English sources

"We were concerned by the rise of Ukip last year but we feel that has since lessened," he said.

The Mail has since lessened the confusion by updating this to "s***bag," so now their readers might merely think that that Morgan called Nuzzi a "shitbag," which is ironically a more vulgar choice of expletive.

"The volume of credible threat reporting has gradually lessened since the holidays," said Brian Roehrkasse, a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security.

Apparently, the six months since haven't lessened the blow.

Bolton historically have a rivalry with near neighbours Bury, though this has lessened since the Second World War as the two clubs have rarely been in the same league.

The argument that congestion hasn't lessened massively since charging was introduced neglects considering how much worse it might have been had charging never existed.

Berlin's work in this area has not lessened in relevance since the end of the cold war; indeed, we are always going to need it.

Callinan also notes that the burden on Sydney's police force since the introduction of lockout laws has been lessened, allowing them to "detect and prevent non-alcohol-related crime".

Since that point, the burden on Her Majesty has been lessened – no speech after 2005 has totalled more than 1,000 words.

Yet, granting all this, Mr. Twitchell also argues that "commercialism has lessened pain," since "most of us have more pleasure and less discomfort in our lives than most of the people most of the time in all of history," and that, in any case, "much as we love to blame advertising, it has not led us astray".

He reckons sectarian division between Sunnis and Shia, the source of some of the strife, has lessened since anti-government protests raged in Sunni cities last year.