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In the British National Corpus:
I am aware that there was a steady decrease in the casualty figures and this was welcome to the Harris Offensive and also to the Mighty Eighth, but it always appeared to be that the Luftwaffe were just that one step ahead until, of course, the advent of D-Day and the advance of the Allies on the Continent.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
In reality, opening up every single area for drilling, and doing it today, won *n’t even be enough to stop the steady decrease in US production.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The U.S. FY 2009 budget estimates for Sri Lanka denote a steady decrease from US $ 23 million in FY 2007 to US $ 7 million in FY 2008 to US $ 6.5 million for FY 2009. read more
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
There was a steady decrease in the first half of the cycle, with the nadir occurring a few days after ovulation.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Plus they promised to schedule me at least 36 hours a week, so hopefully I’ll start actually seeing my bank account grow instead of the steady decrease as it has done over the past two jobless months.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 5 years, since criminals now, are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Polls and studies over the past two decades point to a steady decrease in antisemitic attitudes, beliefs, and manifestations among the American public.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
By now, we’ve been well taught to view the steady decrease of Arctic ice as a bad thing; and for good reason, it is.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
She noted that the past 15 years have seen a steady decrease in the number of women who smoke while pregnant, in part because of an overall decline in smoking rates among all women of childbearing age and in part because of interventions targeting women during the prenatal period.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
The steady decrease in prostate cancer mortality is indirect evidence that the early detection using serum PSA and rectal examination saves lives.
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In Wikipedia:
As a consequence, the number of spectators saw a steady decrease.
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In Wikipedia:
Another interesting feature of CMOS technology is its nice scaling properties, which has permitted a steady decrease in the feature size (see Moore’s law), allowing for more and more complex systems on a single chip, working at higher clock frequencies.
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In Wikipedia:
Since 1963 there has been a steady decrease of forest area with the exception of some gains from 1997.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
By engineering a steady decrease in the total number of illegal aliens, instead of the continual annual increases we’ve permitted over the past two decades, we can back out of a problem that has taken many years to develop.
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In the British National Corpus:
a steady decrease in support to producers ;
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In Wikipedia:
This led to a steady decrease in the percentage of Namboothiri population in Kerala.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Dr. Andre Hellegers, the late Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Georgetown University Hospital, pointed out that there has been a steady decrease of abortion – related deaths since 1942.
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In Wikipedia:
The population of Ardennes has been in steady decrease since 1982 due to exodus to the cities.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The steady decline in child poverty associated with increased maternal employment has also meant a steady decrease in the use of social assistance in Quebec.
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(. .)))
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