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Meanings of diminish the number in English

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Usage of diminish the number in English
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When Craig fires he aims to diminish the number of his foes.
Miss Caprice
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May the Church increase or diminish the number of Sacraments and Sacramentals?
A Catechism of Christian Doctrine
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Along the quay the cafés began to diminish the number of their lights.
The Street Called Straight
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Nothing was neglected which could increase the water carried or diminish the number of drinkers.
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
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Arrests were constantly made, but did not diminish the number, or daring of new adventurers.
The History of Tasmania , Volume II
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This restriction had been instituted to diminish the number of duels, formerly so frequent in Malta.
Wolfert's Roost, and Miscellanies
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Physically; since they diminish the number of births, and shorten the term of the life of all.
History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
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To diminish the number of the shady, to augment the number of the luminous,-thatis the object.
Les Misérables
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No doubt the State and men of science have done something to diminish the number of casualties.
The Conquest of Bread
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The Church can increase or diminish the number of the sacramentals, but not the number of the Sacraments.
Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 / An Explanation of the Baltimore Cat...
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The companies cannot, therefore, charge increased fares, but such expenses diminish the number of new railway schemes brought forward.
Speculations from Political Economy
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Examinations have been divided so as to diminish the number of subjects among which the attention has to be distributed.
Science & Education: Essays
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But to produce beyond his strength and needs, he must invade the production of another, and consequently diminish the number of producers.
What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of ...
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No one can possibly doubt that a provision of this character would largely diminish the number of those that become homeless vagrants.
London's Underworld
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A strict divorce law would, of course, diminish the number of "divorced women," and perhaps keep them out of prostitution.
A Preface to Politics
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Some will have been dishonest in their reports: to diminish the number of these, the teacher may say, after the report is concluded:
The Teacher / Or, Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction a...
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