11.   Such errors dilute the impact of the book, which is pure enough in its aim to have been bolstered by more careful prose.

12.   The next governor will have to be careful not to dilute its impact on education by agreeing to spend it elsewhere.

13.   They dilute the impact of the live-action sequences in which Macaulay himself shares his obvious knowledge about and enthusiasm for his subject.

14.   They say steadily increasing corporate productivity will sufficiently dilute the impact of rising wages to head off inflation.

15.   Unfortunately, he diluted the impact of his comments by calling a press conference later to exonerate Starr of guilt in prolonging the inquiry.

16.   Washington has worried that the increase in the Japanese sales tax will discourage spending and dilute the impact of the income tax cuts.

17.   But critics charged that perspective diluted the impact of remembering the Holocaust.

18.   But critics said that perspective diluted the impact of remembering the Holocaust.

19.   Laid end-to-end, many of the songs take on a dime-a-dozen quality that dilutes their impact.

20.   One effect of splitting the conservative vote has been to dilute the impact of conservatives who have yet to coalesce behind one contender.