1.   Although his influence diminished, it never disappeared.

2.   Milliken acknowledges that his influence will diminish when the two Republicans retire this year.

3.   Their political influence has not diminished.

4.   Though homosexual places of worship provide a refuge, Gomes believes their influence will diminish in time.

5.   Tsuruoka insisted that the yakuza had been driven out of many of the ports and that its influence was diminishing.

6.   He gradually watched his influence diminish after Williams purchased the team earlier this year.

7.   Milosevic armed and supported Bosnian Serb rebellion which led to more than three years of war, but his influence has diminished since then.

8.   Tinkering began immediately, with the announcer lineup shuffled, WWF influence diminished, and rules changed.