Collocations withdecline
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accelerating decline
Perhaps the more likely explanation is an accelerating decline in the marginal value of additional survival time (independent of pure time preference).
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age-related decline
An age-related decline in interleukin-10 may contribute to the increased expression of interleukin-6 in brain of aged mice.
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apparent decline
There is no apparent decline in these differences at present.
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catastrophic decline
In private renting, the fixing of rents at levels that could barely cover the cost of repairs has led to a catastrophic decline.
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cognitive decline
A penetrating head injury in young adulthood exacerbates cognitive decline in later years.
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continued decline
These events occurred against the backdrop of the continued decline of agriculture's importance in the macro economy.
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continuing decline
Although their beneficial effects are sustained relative to placebo, there is continuing decline in patients receiving anti-dementia therapy.
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continuous decline
The continuous decline in precious-metal content was the safety valve that made possible the stability of prices expressed in trade coins.
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corresponding decline
It is no accident that the decay of the grand-opera tradition leads to a corresponding decline in the tragic.
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demographic decline
Demographic decline from disease made any colonisation policy look puny.
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dramatic decline
This change of host is manifested as a dramatic decline in numbers of aphids on a plant.
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drastic decline
From 1997 moving forward working capital levels have seen drastic decline especially in 2000.
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economic decline
Both countries are emerging, to varying degrees, from years of civil strife and economic decline (or collapse).
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eventual decline
Explanations for the eventual decline of up-country traders and porterage must therefore be sought through analysis of change in the early colonial political economy.
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general decline
However, despite the general decline of very, both very and really exhibit a comparable state of diffusion across the speech community.
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gradual decline
The improvement in working people's incomes was matched by a gradual decline in the degree of impoverishment amongst the retired population.
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inevitable decline
There would be no catastrophic collapse, just slow, inevitable decline.
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inexorable decline
The prevailing view then was that ' the family ' was in inexorable decline; unexpectedly, however, new forms of familial solidarity emerged (pp. 158-70).
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irreversible decline
With some complexities, these seemed to cause a rapid and irreversible decline in light sensitivity.
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long-term decline
The onset of the long-term decline in mortality also varied according to the age of the child.
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marked decline
This change is manifest in the fact that during the 1980s there was a marked decline in the relative level of government funding of universities.
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observed decline
Therefore, the precise role of non-genetic heterogeneity in influencing the observed decline in genetic variance is an important and open question.
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precipitous decline
After decades of precipitous decline, the downtown area shows signs of renewal.
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progressive decline
A progressive decline in health status with advancing age is inevitable and must contribute to the stepped fall in the overall scores.
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rapid decline
This stance, however, did not save it from rapid decline.
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relative decline
Compared with their monopoly-sector counterparts, moreover, open-sector professionals and managers experience relative decline in income levels from 1988 to 1995.
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secular decline
The first, comprising women born between 1920 and 1935, showed no secular decline in menarcheal age and no significant change in stature.
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serious decline
And during the nineteenth century there was also a serious decline in public security, though exactly when and where this became acute is hotly debated.
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severe decline
For pulp, the differences were significant in the periods of severe decline in fruiting or of increasing fruiting.
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sharp decline
Introduction of whole-cell pertussis vaccine in the 1940s led to a sharp decline in the incidence of the disease in the developed world.
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sign of decline
The present mussel population profiles indicate a low proportion of juveniles which is a sure sign of decline.
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significant decline
The second and related change in future cohorts will be a significant decline in the average number of adult children.
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slight decline
There is only a slight decline in neuronal survival following repeated nerve injury.
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slow decline
The slow decline of this parasite has coincided with a rise in atopic diseases in all western countries.
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so far declined
Inflation has so far declined less steeply and less rapidly than we expected at the turn of the year.
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steady decline
Secondly, fertility decline tended to accelerate about 5-10 years after both mortality indicators were in steady decline.
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steep decline
As in fish, the responses to modulation showed a steep decline of standard deviation of rate with sampling duration.
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subsequent decline
Repeated failures of this nature may ultimately result in decay of the irrigation system and subsequent decline of the local economy.
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substantial decline
They have brought about a substantial decline in the risk of poverty among the old.
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terminal decline
Three-year-mortality-rate between ages 85 and 88 was used to control for the effect of terminal decline.
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