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

For example, the price of coffee declined 18 per cent on world markets between 1975 and 1993, but its consumer price increased 240 per cent.

He declined my proposal.

3 declined to answer.

Sami's health has sharply declined.

The market declined by 97 .

The victim declined to press charges.

Vlissingen declined during the 18th century.

On the contrary, ODA has declined.

The use of torture had declined sharply.

For two years, sea levels have declined.

Cuba's prior 35 supply of the world's export market for sugar has declined to 10 due to a variety of factors, including a global sugar commodity price drop that made Cuba less competitive on world markets.

The Fed declined to regulate these dubious practices.

According to the Financial Times, he laughingly declined.

The number of social assistance recipients has declined.

Meanwhile, the US share of global output has declined.

Civilisation declined to attend the UN s anti Israel festival.

Macroeconomic data from the United States improved blue chip companies in advanced economies remained highly profitable China and emerging markets slowed only moderately and the risk of a disorderly default and or exit by some members of the eurozone declined.

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.

The figure for males declined slightly from 1.0 to 0.91 .

These declined owing to the crisis of the mid 1990s.

In fact, in the Olympics, India s record has declined over time.

The extreme poverty rate has declined significantly between 1999 and 2010.

By the early 17th century moreover, Venetian power had declined considerably.

Japan s overseas aid declined by 44 when that country hit hard times.

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

Fishing catches had declined by 91 between the years 1953 and 1957.

That number has declined from the 1.6 million peak registered in 1993.

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

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

Within Lebanon itself, Hezbollah is still strong, but its comfort level has declined.

As a result, the disease burden in the developed world has declined substantially.

But, as Mubarak s regime declined, so did the government s control over the Bedouin.

The US declined to cooperate with Iran to press ahead on the case.

DHS declined an interview request, instead referring PRI's The World to its website.

Credit growth in the overall economy declined in 2009 as economic activity stalled.

When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined

Yet the dollar, a symbol of American financial power, has surged rather than declined.

Otherwise, although Russia s objective strengths remain unchanged, our influence in international affairs has declined.

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

The mood for magazines had declined in favor of albums in the late 1960s.

The global growth rate peaked at 2.2 in 1963, and has declined to 1.1 .

The port's use and traffic declined significantly, causing a decline in the city's economy.