To break up the Union now would diminish our influence for good in the world, just at the time when it is most needed.

"But when you look underneath, they have diminished the presence of the union at the work site."

That change will diminish the need for the case management workers at the hotels, he said.

By any measure, business is seriously diminished at the track.

"He feels the film would be diminished at this time to see it on a small screen."

He diminished you at a time when we needed you whole.

"If their population continues to diminish at current rates, the wild elephant will soon be lost from this earth."

Our impact on democracy and human rights has diminished at a time when Pakistan is trying to break with its authoritarian past.

Europe's own catches have diminished at an alarming rate - by 26% since 1997 alone.

Her majority diminished progressively at the 2001 and 2005 general elections.