As I diminished, I grew.

His sense of guilt was diminished.

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

Later, the attacks on the police diminished.

His income was diminished by half after retirement.

By contrast, regrettably, extremist violence has not diminished.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Although the draft resolution before us does not single out any country in particular, it is obvious that the developing countries have diminished opportunities to be represented proportionally.

Finally, whereas it was traditionally understood that armed conflict had a greater effect on bilateral treaties than on multilateral treaties, there is strong evidence that this distinction has diminished.

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.

It is also interesting to note that when TNG disappeared and its opponent, SRRC, correspondingly diminished in importance, the highly visible and aggressive direct support for key Somali factions subsided.

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.

In accordance with the Law on the Family, the Social Work Center is obliged to undertake measures of protection whenever the victim of domestic violence is a minor or a person with diminished legal capacity.

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.

But manufacturing today is not what it used to be. It has become much more capital and skill intensive, with greatly diminished potential to absorb large amounts of labor from the countryside.

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.

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.

But the move proved to be a strategic defeat, given that it significantly diminished the United States political influence in Iraq. Indeed, Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki s government is becoming increasingly allied with Iran.

But, while Europe s defenses have been considerably strengthened, the threat of terrorism has not diminished. The risk of new attacks in Europe and worldwide is serious and will remain so for the foreseeable future.

Putin s Russia is not Yeltsin s Russia, when the West could simply shunt aside Russian concerns. Europe is vulnerable on many fronts, particularly in view of its dependence on Russian energy, while America s weakened presidency has diminished US influence in Russia.

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 most common explanation is the global economic slowdown, which has diminished demand for energy, minerals, and agricultural products. Indeed, growth has slowed and GDP forecasts have been revised downward since mid year in most countries.

This is an extraordinarily high dividend in the world oil industry. In the past decade, YPF s reserves diminished significantly, along with those of most oil companies operating in Argentina, because investment in exploration was greatly reduced.

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.