The phrase "a decreasing of about" is not correct in standard written English.
It is not typically used in formal writing, as it is awkward and can be simplified.
Example: "There was a decreasing of about 10% in sales last quarter."
Alternatives: "a decrease of about" or "a reduction of about".
A decrease of about 44% was observed at 20% of nanostructured CKD.
The reduction means that a total of 19.6 million shares will now be available, a decrease of about 6.1 million shares.
Corn acreage for grain in NY, as of June 1, is expected to total 660,000 acres in 2014, a decrease of about 4% from 2013 (690,000 acres).
The charge to earnings related to investments in India, where Coke has spent heavily to reorganize the bottling business, will result in a decrease of about 11 cents a share in first-quarter earnings, said Emanuel Goldman, an analyst for Merrill Lynch.
Under these assumptions, the calculated trendline to 2020 shows a decrease of about 34%, whereas the target recommends an increase of about 8%.
Among dividend reductions, San Juan Basin Royalty Trust announced its monthly dividend of 11.5652 cents per share, a decrease of about 11% from its prior dividend in July of 13 cents.
Among dividend reductions, Cellcom Israel Limited announced its quarterly dividend of 51 cents per share, a decrease of about 24% from its prior dividend in October of 67 cents.
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust announced its monthly dividend of 25.4539 cents per share, a decrease of about 24% from its prior dividend in July of 33.7 cents.
However, the effect of ebselen (a decrease of about 60%) was higher than that of (PhSe 2 (a decrease of about 20%) and that of (PhTe 2 (a decrease of about 25% in leucocyte viability, Figure 2).
Whereas older studies have shown an FEV1 decrease of about 10-20% [ 39], our analysis demonstrated a decrease of about 11% for FEV1 after adjuvant radiotherapy within multimodal approaches.
