declining population
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdeclineandpopulation
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decline
noun[S or U]
uk/dɪˈklaɪn/us/dɪˈklaɪn/
when something becomes less in amount, importance, quality, ...
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population
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk/ˌpɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌpɑː.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
all the people living in a particular country, area, ...
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(Definition ofdeclineandpopulationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Given that energy requirements are greater for bigger agents this can lead todecliningpopulationof the whole species, and even its extinction.
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During the second period, from 1585 to 1690, there was a high degree of monetary and price instability, together withdecliningpopulation.
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They have experienceddecliningpopulationin changing small towns and have often watched their family and friends move away to find economic security.
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In addition, the situation is made even more difficult by new, strong challenges, such as climate change, thedecliningpopulationor the global economic recession.
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An area with adecliningpopulationand a declining rateable value cannot continue to provide a high standard of services.
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I should like to refer briefly to the weighting factor as it affects thedecliningpopulation.
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Although thedecliningpopulationis of concern, there are other difficulties which the islanders face and in which we take an active interest.
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Because ofdecliningpopulationtheir rateable values have become so low that they have to expand if they are to live.
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We have adecliningpopulationand urban deprivation.
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Therefore, the demands on local government in the expanding parts of the country are very much greater than in areas ofdecliningpopulation.
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It is true, of course, that for some years that decline in the birth rate does not reflect itself in adecliningpopulation.
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By having their burden increased they cannot hope to arrest thedecliningpopulation.
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On the question ofdecliningpopulation, of course there is an allowance for that in the rate support formula.
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Those areas with adecliningpopulationare already compensated because of the lag between population data and grant calculation.
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Three schools at present serve thatdecliningpopulation.
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The authority must also bring expenditure into line with the resources appropriate to adecliningpopulation.
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There is adecliningpopulationon the land.
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It appears to me that all authorities having this problem of static ordecliningpopulationwill have this same difficulty.
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However, adecliningpopulationmust, over time, lead to lower costs.
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