And this is from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling: She walked away from him and, as he watched her go, he found that the terrible weight in his stomach seemed to have lessened slightly.
Perhaps the only piece of good news for Mr. Murdoch is that the relentless coverage of his company's woes lessened slightly in Britain on Friday because BBC News journalists began a one-day strike at midnight on Thursday.
As it is evident from Fig. 11, hydraulic fracturing regarding the opening of fractures and cracks has caused to improve the oil volume production drastically in the first steps of fracturing procedures, and after that, by producing the specific oil volume, it lessened slightly.
Moreover, hydraulic fracturing regarding the opening of fractures and cracks has caused to improve the oil volume production drastically in the first steps of fracturing procedures, and after that, by producing the specific oil volume, it lessened slightly; it is shown in Fig. 10.
The system drifted westward, and early on October 14 the convection became more concentrated and a little better organized as upper-level wind shear lessened slightly.
The association identified in univariate analysis remained statistically strong, although the magnitude of the impact lessened slightly in the multivariate model for both years (2004: β = 0.78 [95% CI 0.39 1.25]; P < 0.001; n = 241; 2005: β = 0.81; [0.48–1.07]; P < 0.001; n = 766).
If Murray's golden summer in 2012 raised home hopes that he could end a 77-year wait for a British men's singles winner at Wimbledon, the back injury perhaps should lessen expectations slightly.
These associations persisted in the multivariable model, though the association with age lessened slightly, and there was no evidence that these associations changed over time that is, anterior resection was more common in patients admitted as emergencies (2.03, 1.76 to 2.34), and the trend to undertake anterior resection increased with time (1.042, 1.027 to 1.056).
Our sorrow is lessened only slightly with the comforting thought that we had the privilege to know him, learn from him, and work alongside him.
(My enjoyment was lessened only slightly by the fact that I had recorded the song off the radio using a cassette player strategically placed near a speaker, which explains why, a little over two minutes in, my mother could be heard telling me to clean my room).
