For two years, sea levels have declined.

As rates of economic growth have declined, this has meant growing unemployment.

In contrast, deaths due to lung cancer have declined significantly among men.

The proud have had me greatly in derision yet have I not declined from thy law.

Global problems have declined dramatically relative to the resources available to tackle them.

In sub Saharan Africa, both GNP per capita and wealth per capita have declined.

My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way

Female illiteracy has been reduced to acceptable levels, and school dropout rates have declined.

He declined my proposal.

3 declined to answer.

But now that the subsidies have ended, the level of both sales and production has declined.

Indeed, thanks to the scheme, school attendance rates have improved, sometimes by as much as 10 , and dropout rates have declined.

Sami's health has sharply declined.

The market declined by 97 .

Their stock markets have declined by even more (40 in Brazil and one third in South Korea).

From 1965 to 2006, rates of smoking in the United States have declined from 42 to 20.8 .

Regrettably, the statistics regarding United Nations personnel killed in the line of duty have not declined appreciably.

Since 1993, the age standardized mortality rates for women in the target age group have declined steadily.

The victim declined to press charges.

Vlissingen declined during the 18th century.

On the contrary, ODA has declined.

Employees have suffered wage cuts, but prices have not declined accordingly, so their loss of purchasing power is higher than it should be.

Contrary to stereotypes, for example, real wages in Greece have declined by 6 annually over the last three years.

However, we have to confront the fact that this ratio has declined, whereas it has risen almost everywhere else.

Indeed, since the industry launched its public relations campaign in the early 2000 s, cost estimates have increased roughly sevenfold, and profits have declined.

The use of torture had declined sharply.

Its foreign debt would have declined in line with its GDP, thus sheltering the economy from default and economic disaster.

Qatar's share of oil in total exports has continuously declined, while its exports of liquid natural gas have increased substantially.

As public anxiety has abated, and senior officials have felt less pressure to show that they are doing something, the most flagrant abuses have declined.

Over a week, only 1,117 applications have been approved while over 1,500 have been declined, Andrey Vorobyov, a PR manager at the RU Center, said.

The Fed declined to regulate these dubious practices.

According to the Financial Times, he laughingly declined.

The number of social assistance recipients has declined.

While complaints against parents, based on allegedly repressed and recovered memories of abuse, have declined, those against large institutions, such as the Catholic Church, have increased.

Sulfate aerosols have declined significantly since 1970 with the Clean Air Act in the United States and similar policies in Europe.

While killings have declined sharply in recent years, hardly a day passes without some form of violence, often against civilians including children.

Palestinian living conditions have declined dramatically and the health and nutritional status of the Palestinian population, particularly women and children, has worsened.

Meanwhile, the US share of global output has declined.

Civilisation declined to attend the UN s anti Israel festival.

Indeed, the euro s share in reserve holdings and foreign exchange transactions have both declined by several percentage points in the most recent statistics.

Based on the following table it can be claimed that marriages between minors are not common and have declined from year to year.

Instead, the index declined three times more steeply than others.

and transition economies, while FDI into developed countries declined further.

The number of civilian jobs declined from 44,062 to 43,415.