Our breadbasket is threatened today, not because of diminishing supply, but because of diminishing resources.

(Former USSR) Schools, as a Member of Scholars Group, constituted for comparative study of Criminal Law for diminishing human killing.

Why is it that in a way this is culture, represents in a unique fashion the law of diminishing returns?

Geronimo's attacks have been diminishing.

A diminishing role for nuclear weapons

And the number of people who can afford it is rapidly diminishing.

But this is closely linked to a diminishing sense of common identity.

The ideology is out there. It is not diminishing.

First, countries with a diminishing stake retain disproportionate power.

The willingness of the dispossessed to endure the existing disparities was fast diminishing.

The number of women working in harmful and hazardous working conditions is diminishing.

Far from diminishing, the number of conflicts world wide was on the increase.

And we are now well on the way to diminishing returns.

That is, it can give you expanding returns, not diminishing returns.

What is worse, the number of fatalities shows no sign of diminishing, even after the agreement.

Meanwhile, diminishing and aging populations in most of Europe will have made immigration a necessity.

Government spending is no less subject to diminishing returns than anything else.

As the war grinds on, prospects for a negotiated solution are diminishing.

Stockpiles are rapidly diminishing and when they are gone, we must die.

During the last four years of his life, Arafat s public space was literally and metaphorically diminishing.

This, coupled with diminishing budgets, led to a period of reduced activity and growing materiel obsolescence.

We share the Secretary General's feeling on the diminishing credibility of the Commission on Human Rights.

According to some estimates, the ability of some countries to repay, based on exports, is diminishing.

Far from diminishing, the need for firm, decisive and united action remains essential.

As to operational activities, his delegation fully shared the concern about diminishing resources.

A government cannot liquidate its deficit if the source of its revenues, the national income, is diminishing.

And, as supply and demand defines equilibrium, prices rise, diminishing the purchasing power of each individual dollar.

The pressure of an atmospheric gas decreases with altitude due to the diminishing mass of gas above each location.

The WTO will survive, but its centrality in the trade system is rapidly diminishing.

The emergence of new world powers, combined with the diminishing influence of current powers, is not propitious for stricter disciplines.

Another tool to mitigate the disappearance of SMEs (including by diminishing the spread of large retail outlets) is zoning regulations.

So far, Musharraf has accepted his diminishing stature quietly though he has few other options.

Some economists admittedly a diminishing number deny that there can ever be an output gap.

The peripheral countries external deficits are falling rapidly, thus diminishing the need for foreign financing.

For most, drinking water is a diminishing resource that is either unaffordable or simply unavailable.

And it shows no signs of diminishing in the latest fiscal year ending in June, the return was 22.9 .

The economy of the developed countries is maturing, which results in diminishing investment returns in those countries in general.

They are designed to optimize the Commanders' objectives while diminishing the likelihood of undesirable consequences, such as collateral damage.

Research activities shall be limited to research on and for training, thus diminishing the operational costs of the Institute.

Structural adjustment programmes had led to the neglect of social development and brought with them diminishing opportunities for women.

Belgium apos s major concern remains the achievement of a more representative Council without diminishing its decision making capacity.

Diminishing the use of violence by addressing its socio economic root causes is an important aspect of any long term exercise.

It was of continuing concern, however, that financing of operational activities remained a marginal issue, particularly in the light of diminishing resources.

The Peruvian government now has a serious problem. Beyond diminishing Peru s international credibility as a climate champion an image that some members of the government have been attempting to cultivate the law jeopardizes Peru s natural environment and economic growth prospects.

Nothing in these Gguidelines may be construed as diminishing or extinguishing existing or future rights indigenous peoples and individuals may have or acquire under national or international law neither may they be construed as violating universal standards of human rights.