declining standard
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdeclineandstandard
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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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standard
noun
uk/ˈstæn.dəd/us/ˈstæn.dɚd/
a level ...
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(Definition ofdeclineandstandardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Another line can be best described as giving adecliningstandardof service for an increase in real fares.
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We have adecliningstandardof public transport and social decay.
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A proportion of these resources should be devoted to improving thedecliningstandardof much of the existing housing stock.
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The elderly are condemned to a fastdecliningstandardof living, and every one of us should be ashamed of that.
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I am worried about the increasing politicisation of that document, and about thedecliningstandardof the presentation of the facts in it.
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In fact, they perceive themselves, in relative terms, to have adecliningstandardof life.
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The standard of living is measured not only in terms of earnings versus prices, but it is reduced for many people by the steadilydecliningstandardof public services.
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They want to perpetuate at all costs a condition of chronic labour shortage, even though it means a steadilydecliningstandardof living in the process.
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In effect, this means that, other things being equal, these people face a steadilydecliningstandard of living over the years as their family responsibilities expand.
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The regulation is based on an averagedecliningstandardof carbon intensity that is expected to achieve 16 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emission reductions by 2020.
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Allied to this was the declining standards of the housing itself.
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Concerned about declining standards of ethics, she also took a leading role in driving the station's commitment to fair, accurate and balanced journalism.
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