Sentence examples for means a diminished from inspiring English sources

Ms. Hastings said that this decline, which is almost entirely due to a drop in corporate donations, means a diminished ability to help finance classical music programs for poor schools.

It is the search for universal solutions that tends to lead to disaster.ANTHONY SWEENEYDarien, ConnecticutRussia's fearsSIR You suggest ("Peace in Europe", May 31st) that Boris Yeltsin is thinking like a cold warrior because he believes that a larger NATO inevitably means a diminished Russia.

The news will put them in good company: Pulp reunited this year for a series of successful comeback gigs, the Specials reunited in 2009 for their 30th anniversary, and Take That have proved creaky knees need not mean a diminished fanbase.

"This usually meant a diminished focus on the students that [needed] attention the most and increased focus on bumping students who were on the cusps into the proficiency and above proficiency levels.

Rather, it will mean a diminishing group will receive unlimited (but but not necessarily effective) treatment costing everyone more.

And here's the thing: the evidence suggests that effective action to limit the depth and duration of the slump after a financial crisis reduces this long-run damage too--which means, conversely, that failing to take such action, which is what we're doing now, also means accepting a diminished, embittered future.

Statistically significant results in comparison to normal means included a diminished sural amplitude, and diminished peroneal and tibial CMAP and nerve conduction velocity (p <.0001).

Therefore, the potential for water integration may be diminished, which means a less amount of water recovery.

The interplanetary voyages in this text are used as a means to diminish humans' perception of their importance, a prevalent ploy in many science-fiction works.

For Reitz the development of a unified South African railway system was also a political goal: the railways as a means to diminish mutual distrust and create unity and mutual understanding between the white population of South Africa.

However, for those students who do not or cannot enroll in a laboratory course for various reasons, PLTL can provide a means for diminishing the achievement gap between students who do and do not take the lab.