Example sentences of "reasons for the decline " in BNC.

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1 The reasons for the declines of mortality and fertility are still not agreed ; nor the relative impact on mortality decline of the conquest of smallpox , the agricultural revolution , or environmental improvement ( Woods and Hinde 1987 ) ; why infant mortality fell in the eighteenth century but not in the nineteenth ; economic versus cultural explanations for the decline in fertility .
2 The Reasons for the Decline in Population Growth Rate
3 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 .
4 the reasons for the decline of the British motor industry ;
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 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 ) .
11 The reasons for the decline are as yet unclear .
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