Sentence examples for lead to a diminution from inspiring English sources

There is no guarantee that a smacking ban would lead to a diminution in the kinds of child cruelty cases that make us flinch when we read about them.

The waters of the area support many plants and animals, but the high temperatures and salinities lead to a diminution in the variety of flora and fauna typical of the Indian Ocean.

And if it doesn't it is not clever - it is defeatist, and will inevitably lead to a diminution of power.

But on the other hand, many Welsh and Scottish Labour MPs are vitriolically opposed to any development that would lead to a diminution in their influence.

This may well lead to a diminution over decades in the quality of the adjudications of these magistrates, and so the judicial processes are to an extent undermined.

Would, as critics countered, such an emphasis lead to a diminution of social studies, science, foreign language, and arts instruction since those subjects are not regularly covered by the tests the state administers?

Cuts and privatisation of the probation service had led to a diminution of both their reporting to the court and in their ability to supervise and rehabilitate offenders.

"It would seem perverse if independent regulation [of the BBC] led to a diminution of the standards that are applied to the BBC".

The factory system and urbanization led to a diminution in the role of the family in industrial production and a reduction of the economic value of children.

The introduction of La as a modifier in the support composition enhances the metal-support interaction, which leads to a diminution of Nin+ reducibility.

According to the scientists here, there is no basis whatso ever for reports that the closing of the Suez Canal had somehow led to a diminution in the num ber of sharks in the Mediterra nean.