Sentence examples for a narrower decline from inspiring English sources
Michael S. Dell, the chairman and chief executive, predicted a sales decline of 3percentto5percentcent from the quarter just ended, a narrower decline than the 10percentt he predicted for the industry.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency had slightly better news, with a narrower decline between July and August in its house price index.
Dow Jones industrials futures were slightly lower Monday morning, pointing to a narrow decline to start the day on Wall Street.
The Federal Reserve said consumer credit fell by $12 billion in August, less than the revised $19 billion drop in July, but the narrower decline was likely due in part to an uptick in auto financing driven by the Cash For Clunkers program that expired at the end of the month.
Among the retailers posting surprises, J.C. Penney Co. registered a narrower than expected decline in its June same-store sales and reiterated a second-quarter profit forecast that matches analyst expectations.
The positive trend was driven in part by quicker product sales of industrial firms and a narrowing in the decline of industrial producer prices, said He Ping, an NBS official, in a statement accompanying the data.
Justice Thomas wrote a plurality opinion for himself, Chief Justice Rehnquist and Justices Scalia and Kennedy, with a narrower concurring opinion by Justices O'Connor and Breyer declined to go so far.
He turned down a narrow road, and declined to chat.
But in announcing the decline last week, the NBS adopted a narrower definition: 15- to 59-year-olds.
