Otherwise its legitimacy may be diminished.

The nuisances diminished.

But the differences must be diminished, and the Millennium Development Goals must be achieved.

My forces had diminished.

An Age of Diminished Expectations?

As I diminished, I grew.

As I diminished, I grew.

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

But sadly, the President has diminished

Monarchs today are reared to be ordinary, as suits their diminished role in national life.

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

If for the same reason such capacity is diminished, the penalty shall be reduced. quot

Later, the attacks on the police diminished.

Such a right would be diminished if it was to be subject to additional controls established by a coastal State.

Inequality has diminished, though from astronomically high levels.

By contrast, regrettably, extremist violence has not diminished.

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

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

Indeed, over time their ability to bring results diminished.

Moreover, the capacity of Mexico s security machinery appears diminished.

Most states adhere because they believe that their security would be diminished if more states obtained nuclear weapons.

It is clear that, without new methods of work, the impact of institutional reform will be considerably diminished.

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

By acknowledging the primacy of the criterion of nature, the general scope of non commercial transactions would be diminished.

Given Russia s economic fundamentals, Putin s diminished popularity might appear surprising.

However, separatist pressures, while diminished, continue to exist in Crimea.

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

These elements apparently consider that their political prospects would be diminished if conditions in Somalia were normalized and peace restored.

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

Biodiversity can be diminished either if the diversity itself is reduced, such as through the extinction of a species, or if the potential of the components of diversity to provide a particular service is diminished, such as through unsustainable harvesting.

Several factors have diminished investors willingness to extend long term credit.

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

Furthermore, in the current year the hiring of women had diminished.

Consequently, the economic and social security of many families has diminished.

Today the threat of a nuclear confrontation has been drastically diminished.

Has our ability to shape world events been enhanced, or diminished?

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.

But the move proved to be a strategic defeat, given that it significantly diminished the United States political influence in Iraq.

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

The calamitous US military experience in Iraq has left it strategically diminished.

Thereafter, tensions between British officials and colonists over western land policy diminished.

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

AIDS orphans were often taken in by grandparents with greatly diminished income.

The risk of spreading the conflict, of increased hostilities, has not diminished.

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