"As that happened, the need for people there lessened, it is possible it could be met in one of two ways," he continued.

Not organized labor in the long run - as Federal law takes over business decision-making, the need lessens for collective bargaining.

And the need for blood lessens as vampires age, if that's any comfort.

And as I said, the need for blood lessens as they grow older.

That need of balance was lessening because he wasn't killing.

As the need for carriage houses lessened, the buildings were converted for other uses.

The irresistible need to sleep lessened over time.

However, with the advent of Unicode, the need for such work-arounds has lessened.

She'd cut the tilt angle gradually, as the need for side thrust lessened.

The 18th century was a period of great development in European royal architecture, as the need for a fortified residence gradually lessened.