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‘A decline can be serious.’

[⟨det decline.n⟩ serious.a]

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In Wikipedia:

Relaxing the trading laws benefited both Spanish America and Spain, but Panama’s economic decline was serious.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

“One cannot help but wonder: Is not America in serious decline that someone so shallow and who at center is not even truly an American, can be capable of going this far.
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In the British National Corpus:

The Gulf war, when Israel was hit by a series of Iraqi missiles, had caused a serious decline in immigration during January and February.
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In the British National Corpus:

SCOTTISH prison officers, highlighting a “serious decline” in industrial relations, are warning that the coming year may be one of open confrontation with prison service management.
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In Wikipedia:

Following the serious decline of the fur trade due to changing men’s hat fashions, an increasing trickle of United States emigrants and the desire of the British for United States cooperation the British were finally convinced to compromise on a permanent boundary.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

As traditions are clearly in a state of serious decline, that precious trove of knowledge is now largely inaccessable to all except a devoted few.
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In Wikipedia:

Since the 1980s the population of Checkerspots has been in serious decline.
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In Wikipedia:

Long a whaling port, the industry was in serious decline as they became teenagers.
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In Wikipedia:

In spite of the large government subsidies received by the company a serious decline in the standard of their rail services has led to these concessions being revoked and services are now operated by the consortium UGOFE.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

And then, too, this time last year Dad was in serious decline.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

These familiar summer insects are a heartening sight but their numbers are in serious decline as a result of intensive farming and a reduction in flowering plants from which the bees can feed on nectar and pollen.
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In the British National Corpus:

Admittedly, this decline is not “comparable to” that in the Mirror, but given that The Times was “a newspaper of record” whilst the Mirror was a popular newspaper, one can argue that the decline in The Times “coverage was more serious.
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In Wikipedia:

He left the university in 1857 and it subsequently went into a serious decline; in 1879 only three students had registered.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The Street has suffered a serious decline in trust.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Unfortunately some mismanagement of its habitats has led to a serious decline in supply and a serious increase in price.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

If so, the level of intelligent discourse there is in serious decline.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Today it imports 50 percent.” “Unfortunately, while the international competition for oil is becoming daily more aggressive, the amount of oil that’s readily available – we’re still talking material reality here – is in serious decline.” “There’s been a lot of debate about whether the world’s approaching, is at, or has already passed’ Peak Oil:’ that critical stage at which half of the easily obtainable oil has been tapped and production begins to decline.” “Back in 1956, Shell geologist Dr. M. King Hubbert was criticized for predicting peak oil production in the U.S. would occur sometime between 1965 and 1970.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

We are lucky that even though our education is in serious decline (only UP and Ateneo made it to an international survey, although critics dispute the findings), Filipinos are still able to converse in everyday English.
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In Wikipedia:

Coal – fired power plants have been running well under capacity in recent years, due in part to a serious decline in coal supply and in part to problems with transportation of coal.
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Queried on 2013-05-23.