| Those of you familiar with the mathematics of an exponential curve will note, however, that it is one of diminishing returns. |
| As the region matures, they face the law of diminishing returns where it costs an increasing amount to get less out of the ground. |
| Invariably, however, technology reaches a point of diminishing returns, inaugurating a period of stagnation and crisis. |
| The strangely pleasant thing about this is that it reverses the law of diminishing returns. |
| The following week, by the time I test-drove my third skirt, I started to sense diminishing returns. |
| But the triumph of style over substance is always subject to the law of diminishing returns. |
