Example sentences of "[verb] been a [adj] decline " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear that despite the package of protective designations and institutions created since 1945 , there has been a net decline in the quality of the Welsh countryside and the wider environment for the reasons given . |
| 2 | There has been a long-term decline in the number of private shareholders since the Second World War , matched by a rise in the importance of the institutional investor ( eg insurance companies and pension funds ) . |
| 3 | A feature of most high density areas is that there has been a long-term decline in population and density since before the Second World War ( Craig 1986 ) . |
| 4 | There has been a serious decline in the number of people qualifying as teachers , down from 25,000 in 1980 to 18,500 in 1988 . |
| 5 | Yet elsewhere in the country there has been a serious decline in the amount of sport in schools . |
| 6 | National statistics show there has been a general decline in Britain 's urban population . |
| 7 | Since then there has been a long decline . |
| 8 | New fairs have crowded the calendar at a time in the market cycle when there has been a sharp decline in the volume of business and in the enthusiasm of American collectors , in particular , to travel long distances to look at art which they do not want to buy . |
| 9 | An analysis of data collected over the past 50 years by national forestry ministries shows , however , that there has been a sharp decline in the volume of boreal wood " and hence the capacity to absorb carbon dioxide " since the 1960s , as a result of more intensive logging and increased dieback because of the effects of acid rain , pests and fires . |
| 10 | Elsewhere in Darlington the number of crimes has remained high although here has been a slight decline in some common crimes . |
| 11 | In contrast , there has been a gradual decline in local authority provision . |
| 12 | More recently there has been a steep decline in the support for political union . |
| 13 | During the 1980s , there has been a marked decline in the proportion of secondary students who gain the Sudan School Certificate which enables them to go on to higher education or enter the civil service . |
| 14 | ‘ There has been a marked decline in new orders and prices with the inevitable increase in job losses . |
| 15 | Fourth , there has been a large decline in the number of people who have an active faith of any sort , which includes an understanding of an ‘ afterlife ’ . |
| 16 | As can be seen in Table 1 , throughout this century there has been a large decline in private renting , and a corresponding increase in owner-occupation and council housing , which began to get under way after the First World War . |
| 17 | Nonetheless , although for many people the rise in car ownership can be seen as a great success , for a significant minority either unable to drive or unable to afford a car , notably the old , the young , the unemployed , the housewife ( left at home without a car ) and the disabled the corollary of increased car ownership has been a rapid decline in rural public transport , a concentration of services into ever more remote central places with increased journey lengths as shown in Table 6.1a , and a real sense of isolation and deprivation . |
| 18 | there has been a seasonal decline in the demand for their labour services ( seasonal unemployment ) ; |
| 19 | The so-called functional areas , such as marketing , production and personnel have given way to a more problem-centred approach , but within this there has been a notable decline in the significance accorded to industrial relations , and still more , to the field of personnel management . |
| 20 | In Britain where there has been a continuing decline in the birthrate this century , politicians who talk about the ‘ burden ’ of old age reveal their concern that a smaller working population will be forced to support a growing number of retired people . |
| 21 | The result has been a steady decline in membership as members began to demand the type of facilities that they saw in squash and golf clubs . |
| 22 | In fact , there has been a steady decline in the total numbers of titles published since then . |
| 23 | The record industry 's response to this situation was not particularly systematic but by now some trends are obvious : the average age of the pop market ( and especially the pop single-buying market ) is younger than it was ; record companies devote more attention to building big mainstream stars than to servicing a variety of musical tastes ; stars are now conceived and sold as multi-media performers ; there has been a steady decline in the significance of live music making except as a promotional device . |
| 24 | It is clear from the analysis of both statistical sources and from the questionnaire that although there has been a steady decline in larger manufacturing organisations , there has been a corresponding increase in much smaller manufacturing companies . |
| 25 | ‘ They have not really seen training as an effective means of improving the country and there has been a steady decline in Britain 's industry as a result . ’ |
| 26 | With the demolition of so much property at the centre of Birkenhead there has been a significant decline in the number of St Laurence 's parishioners . |
| 27 | Although it would be difficult to document the generalisation , it seems to me that there has been a significant decline , over the past ten or fifteen years , in the degree of confidence in the scope and security of foundations in both psychology and linguistics . |
| 28 | However , the proportion of women who are full-time housewives has significantly dropped during the post-war period and , since married women who have paid employment spend less time on housework than those without paid work , this means that overall , there has been a significant decline in the amount of time the average woman will spend doing housework . |
| 29 | That prior to despatch of the Information memorandum we have the right to renegotiate the fee scale triggers should it be apparent that there has been a significant decline in land values . |
| 30 | In the last decade , as we have seen , conventional retail credit has kept more or less in line with changes in the volume of consumer spending ; there may even have been a slight decline . |