Preposition: of

• income: Details of diminution of income from loss of TB testing, clinical herd inspection etc. Q6.

• value: No claims for " diminution of value " will be accepted.

• power: Powers There should be no diminution of the powers of police officers.

• service: We oppose centralisation and consequent diminution of these services.

• standard: The Tribunal does not accept this assertion; expediency of this kind cannot justify the diminution of professional standards.

Converse of object

• suffer: And, too, the starling is suffering some inexplicable diminution in populace over the whole extent of our nation.

• represent: Any attempt to force a decision on a woman represents a diminution of women's ability to control her own body.

• cause: That the passing of a ten hours ' bill would cause a diminution of produce.

• mean: Yet if reform is to mean anything it must mean a diminution of the armed forces ' role in politics.

• show: The analysis shows a considerable diminution in the quantity of ash.

• see: I have seen no diminution in the quiet ' Sabbath rest ' that has always prevailed.

Adjective modifier

• consequent: We oppose centralisation and consequent diminution of these services.

• gradual: There is a gradual diminution with age in the power of some spinal reflexes, for example the knee-jerk reflex.

• permanent: Undated securities are valued at the lower of cost, less provision for permanent diminution in value, or market value.

• further: This can only result in contempt for the law and a further diminution of driving standards.

• great: In 1831 he had to leave Highwood in consequence of a great diminution of fortune.

• rapid: Rapid diminution of available memory resources on a Windows PC is another.

Preposition: in

• value: His only ' loss ' is through the company, in the diminution in the value of the net assets of the company.

• quality: The pool of suffering gets wider, but shallower too, with a corresponding diminution in the quality of compassion.

• number: There is no sign of any diminution in the numbers trying to survive by selling goods, or themselves, on the streets.