41. An unusual side effect of the rural purge was the diminution of the laugh track. 42. In practice, however, the ceasefire brought little diminution of the violence in Belfast. 43. From this point there is a rapid diminution , to the apex of the coccyx. 44. An old letter of 1375 was found pertaining to the diminution of the wine unit. 45. The deal reflects the steady diminution of McDonnell Douglas as a force in the aircraft market. 46. The result : a sharp diminution in the bonds of trust between employers and the employed. 47. There is a diminution of complexity. 48. It is hard to imagine Bledsoe enduring another season of this particular kind of professional diminution . 49. The president remains committed to both a political solution and to a diminution of the violence, 50. The President remains committed to both a political solution and to a diminution of the violence.