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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a decline of only" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize that the decline being referred to is minimal or less significant than expected.
Example: "The report indicated a decline of only 2% in sales compared to last year."
Alternatives: "a mere decline of" or "a slight decline of".
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In comparison, treated patients experienced a decline of only 4.3%.
Economists had been expecting a decline of only 0.5percentt.
European deals, which suffered a decline of only 7%, outstripped America.
The comparison with a market leader such as the Daily Mail, which experienced a decline of only 11%, isn't flattering.
But 91percentt said they were satisfied with their brokers' services, a decline of only 4 percentage points from last year.
And despite a plunge of 23percentt from mid-September through October, the region still managed to finish 2001 with a decline of only 0.8percentt.
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That's a minimal decline of only 41% from opening weekend's $103.3 million.
Although erectile function appeared to be affected by PT, the EPIC sexual summary scores demonstrated an average decline of only 12.6 points over a 2-year period.
The others though, have had an average decline of only about 20 meters, or 6 percent, over 84 weeks.
But it estimates that the 13 states of the South will experience an overall decline of only 2percentt in forests because it expects much of what is now farmland to be converted to forests.
We applied this finding to our current research but found an average decline of only 11.8% in the MPP value by insole measurement; this was much less than the decline in the MPP value observed in our previous data.
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