Example sentences of "reason for the decline [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before entering into a discussion of the reasons for the decline of the organized networks , and of the patterns of cattle theft in the first half of the twentieth century , 1 shall first discuss in some detail the administrative policies which affected cattle stealing in its heyday . |
| 2 | the reasons for the decline of the British motor industry ; |
| 3 | In its report , Disposal of Fallen Livestock , the committee lists three reasons for the decline of the industry : a collapse in the world market for " waste " meat such as bonemeal and tallow , declining market for hides , and the increasing numbers of cows dying from the BSE condition ( 33,000 since 1986 ) . |
| 4 | The Reasons for the Decline in Population Growth Rate |
| 5 | The reasons for the decline in this sector of the housing market may be seen in terms of simple demand and supply analysis : the letting of accommodation has become less desirable for landlords and other forms of tenure have become more attractive for potential tenants . |
| 6 | Lower railway freight traffic , the stronger Canadian dollar and weak newsprint markets were the major reasons for the decline in net income . |
| 7 | It is relatively easy to identify the immediate or ‘ proximate ’ reasons for the decline in births ( Bongaarts and Potter 1983 , see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 8 | The reasons for the decline in profitability are lucidly and cogently analysed in an influential Marxist work by Glyn and Sutcliffe in 1972 . |
| 9 | Understanding the reasons for the decline in women 's employment after age 45 is important for community care policy , labour supply and pensions policy : older women are a major source of informal care for elderly people , yet are also a potential source of extra employees as the supply of school leavers declines during the 1990s . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , administrative change was not the main reason for the decline of the networks in the Southern Band . |
| 11 | Paraphrase : The question focuses on the rise of the Labour party 1906–24 as a reason for the decline of the Liberal party . |
| 12 | The main reason for the decline in housebuilding in the public sector is the strict control of local authorities ' capital spending by the central government , as part of the government 's attempt to control overall public expenditure . |
| 13 | Organizing prisoner labour is , in fact , a very demanding job and one reason for the decline in its use was the effort it required of staff , including high level staff , to make it work properly . |
| 14 | ‘ We conclude ’ , they wrote , ‘ that the basic reason for the decline in the profit share was the squeezing of profit margins between money wage increases on the one hand and progressively more severe international competition on the other . ’ |
| 15 | The most widely held reason for the decline in Keynesianism was its supposed inability to explain the historically high rates of inflation which occurred in Europe and North America from the late 1960s onwards . |