The phrase "a decrease from the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a reduction in quantity, value, or level compared to a previous measurement or standard.
Example: "There was a decrease from the previous year's sales figures, indicating a need for a new marketing strategy."
Alternatives: "a drop from the" or "a reduction from the".
Of the 36,012 children tested, 9,020 of them qualified for seats in gifted and talented programs in September, a decrease from the 9,644 who qualified a year earlier, according to data released by the department on Monday.
The only news outlet that showed a decrease from the Republican convention was the Fox News Channel, which lost about 40percentt of viewers.
The cost of maintaining 100,000 soldiers in Iraq, which would be a decrease from the current troop levels, has been estimated at $50 billion a year.
Although that would be a decrease from the current 19,400 beds, Ms. Schriro said it would still be enough.
The less volatile four-week moving average of jobless claims stood at 412,250, a decrease from the previous week, but still well above the 400,000 level that analysts see as an indication of a lackluster labor market.
The church spent about $70 million on settlements with victims in 2010 and nearly $34 million on lawyers' fees — a decrease from the peak in 2007, when the church spent $420 million on settlements and $53 million on lawyers.
Today, only 65percentt of American households are listed in a telephone directory, a decrease from the 72percentt who were listed two years ago, according to Survey Sampling International, a company in Fairfield, Conn., that keeps a nationwide database of white pages listings.
Though 21% of respondents said they think people who use online dating sites are "desperate," that's a decrease from the 29% who agreed with the statement eight years ago.
A €600 million cut would mean a decrease from the 2011 budget by some 7%, says mathematician Carlos Andradas Heranz, the president of the Confederation of Scientific Societies of Spain (COSCE).
The total carrier density at 77 k evaluated from the magnetoresistance and electrical conductivity data shows a decrease from the value of a single crystal of graphite as the crystallinity of the graphite film is reduced.
For point 1, in the reservoir adjacent to the well, the maximum P-wave velocity is 1840 m/s and vertical, a decrease from the initial pre-production P-wave velocity of 1863 m/s similar to the small reservoir geometry.
