The phrase "a declining scale of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where something decreases in quantity, quality, or intensity in a systematic manner.
Example: "The study revealed a declining scale of interest in traditional media among younger audiences."
Alternatives: "a decreasing range of" or "a diminishing level of".
The efficiency change was attributed to an increase in pure efficiency of 2.4% and a decline in scale efficiency of 1.2%.
This latitudinal gradient becomes weak as summer approaches because the CO lifetime declines, over a scale of weeks to months, across most of the Northern Hemisphere.
A negative weekly chart shows the average below its five-week modified moving averages with their 12x3x3 weekly slow stochastic readings declining below 80.00 on a scale of 00.00 to 100.00.
The average D' of (A,A) started at around 0.20 and declined to 0.07 over a scale of 800 bases; while for (A,S) and (S,S), the average D' started less than 0.07 and then both fluctuated at around 0.05 (Fig. 3A).
The average test score for 12th graders declined to 282 (on a scale of 500) from 284 in 2001 when the test was last given.
A poll conducted by Bizrate.com for BancBoston shows those consumers' online shopping experiences in the week of Dec. 13 declined to 8.17 (on a scale of 1 to 10) from 8.40 in the preceding week.
This may lead to less specialization, declining economies of scale, and a slower advance in living standards.
During aging, the loss in number of neurons is negligible28, especially compared to the age-accompanying damage of white matter integrity29, which among other modifications is responsible for a decline of large-scale structural networks.
The three-star award for Pindar, the East End's largest winery, making about 26 wines and more than 60,000 cases a year, may baffle those who feel that Pindar's quality declines at that scale of production.
