1.   Its terms purport to enlarge, not to diminish the powers vested in the government.

2.   The anti-investiture Decree, however great its symbolic importance, did little to diminish the power of lay rulers over ecclesiastical appointments.

3.   Federalism is intended to diminish the power of the central state.

4.   Mitterrand argued that the Treaty diminished the power of the Commission in Brussels.

5.   And it follows stock market reforms that have diminished the power of insiders at both markets.

6.   At the end of his career, his powers diminished, his will to live ebbing, Johnson again persuaded a reluctant Kearns to help him write his memoirs.

7.   After Watergate a reform-minded Congress swept into office, determined to diminish the power of money in federal elections.

8.   But distance has not diminished the power her work has exacted on his life.

9.   But these treatments have not diminished the power of the placebo.

10.   Despite the orders that come down from central authorities to increase the land rights of farmers, county officials continue to resist reform because it diminishes their power.