Sentence examples for to a diminution from inspiring English sources

But there was considerable skepticism among politicians and in the news media that Mr. Zardari would agree to a diminution of power.

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

The judges' unsuccessful lawsuit argued that this breaking of the promise amounted to a diminution of judicial pay, forbidden by the "compensation clause" of Article III.

And key to that stasis, to the maintenance of the status quo, to a diminution of opportunity for 93percentnt of the population, is Oxbridge.

Administrations run on big themes, leading to a diminution in the thinking on other issues that do not make the list.

Sex with strangers online amounts to a diminution, close to an absolute negation, of the context that gives human interaction genuine content.

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.

Partly for that reason that the AIIB would amount to a diminution of Japanese influence in favour of China at a time when their relations are fraught Japan is sniffy about the new bank.

John Banville Last weekend was the sixth birthday of the Port Eliot festival; it might have lost its "literary" prefix, but that is a reflection of the growing number of musical, culinary and fantasy performances as opposed to a diminution of the festival's literary qualities.

This is one liberal who believes that amnesty (or whatever euphemism you prefer), in addition to fostering a diminution of respect for the law, will serve as a signal to millions of others that if they can get here, they are home free.

"We would not want to see a diminution of work release in the city of New York, where a large majority of the prisoners come from".