As I diminished, I grew.

His sense of guilt was diminished.

Later, the attacks on the police diminished.

Monarchs today are reared to be ordinary, as suits their diminished role in national life. But democratic countries need symbols of the extraordinary if they are not to sink into permanent mediocrity.

His income was diminished by half after retirement.

By contrast, regrettably, extremist violence has not diminished.

Moreover, the capacity of Mexico s security machinery appears diminished. The police are at best useless and at worst outright employees of the drug lords the army is less tainted, but unprepared for the role.

Moreover, the current imbalance favouring a continent from which no fewer than three permanent members have the veto would simply become worse whereas the place and role of non permanent members would be further diminished.

The Conference is further concerned that recent trends in nuclear weapon States suggest an indication of resumption of nuclear arms race, and calls for a diminished role for nuclear weapons in security policies of the nuclear powers.

This is the reason for our strong belief that the role of multilateral forums on disarmament should not be diminished, although we highly appreciate and welcome unilateral or bilateral nuclear disarmament efforts by the nuclear weapon States.

Its ability to face emergencies had diminished, however, since the 1990s.

Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

Scientists think now our magnetic field may be diminished by about five percent.

A great Empire, like a great Cake, is most easily diminished at the Edges.

Poverty diminished the poor countries' capacity to cope with the effects of those disasters.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

Australia considered that electing countries like Zimbabwe to the Commission on Human Rights diminished its credibility.

Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.'

And do not give the people their goods diminished, and do not roam the earth causing turmoil.

And do not give the people their goods diminished, and do not roam the earth causing turmoil.

Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.'

Conversely, land degradation, desertification, pollution and unequal access to water and productive ecosystems diminished human well being.

Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.

Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.

So if we did not have bees, it's not like we would starve, but clearly our diet would be diminished.

I repeat that we cannot be satisfied with a three tiered Security Council or make do with diminished permanent seats.

And most of them are still going to be there, although the scale of them is probably going to be diminished.

The negative impact of the arms markets in Somalia and the front line States should be neutralized or significantly diminished by

Global events in the recent past have reinforced, rather than diminished, our support for the principles enshrined in the Rome Statute.

The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.

The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.

Although the frequency of overt military attacks against civilians has diminished greatly over the year, it has been replaced by intimidation and fear.

For example, the number of people who believe that preschool children suffer due to the fact that their mother is working has diminished.

During October, the number of internally displaced persons diminished slightly to 1.75 million as a result of new registrations and some small scale returns.

The gaps between men and women in Civil Service's internal job tenders participation, both as candidates and appointees, have diminished in the past four years.

While large scale organized violence has substantially diminished, civilians continue to be subject to lawlessness and banditry, and women and girls continue to be raped.

Since 1990 the differences between men and women have diminished in 1990 the hourly wage of women was 73 of the hourly wage of men.

The pernicious hatred of the Jew as an individual, of Judaism as a religion, and of the Jewish people as a nation had not diminished.

Diminished biodiversity, due to habitat encroachment, fragmentation and pesticide misuse, also leads farmers to rely on greenhouse gas generating chemical inputs to increase their yields.

Likewise, Putin s foreign policy remains mired in old Russian obsessions, beginning with restoring the empire in whatever form possible. In his effort to prove that losing its imperial status has not diminished Russia s global role, Putin has meddled relentlessly in international decisions, opposing sanctions against Iran and supporting Syrian President Bashar al Assad s regime, even as it slaughters its own citizens.

The new legislation provides a variety of tools and protections for people who have diminished capability to make their own decisions (e.g. financial, personal, health care).

Violence in Darfur has diminished greatly since the period from early 2003 to mid 2004, which was prior to Security Council decisions and the deployment of AMIS.

And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.