The phrase "a sizable decrease in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a significant reduction in quantity, size, or amount in various contexts, such as economics, statistics, or general observations.
Example: "The company reported a sizable decrease in sales over the last quarter, prompting a review of their marketing strategy."
Alternatives: "a substantial reduction in" or "a significant drop in".
But even as Spain is reporting a sizable decrease in drownings, success is far from complete.
Recently, the Treasury Department began tracking lending by the 22 largest bank recipients of federal bailout money, and it found a sizable decrease in small-business lending.
Preventing Poisonings The good news about childhood poisonings is a sizable decrease in their number in recent years, thanks largely to safety caps on medications and myriad household agents like mouthwash and floor wax.
Perhaps this time around, students, property owners, commuters, crime victims, municipal employees and hospital workers will realize the consequences of a huge budget deficit and a sizable decrease in tax revenue.
"Social psychology research has shown that when people perform group tasks (such as brainstorming or discussing information in a meeting), they show a sizable decrease in individual effort than when they perform alone". This is known as "social loafing" and tends to get worse as the size of the group increases.
CAEP, OACI and ACARE reported that flight path optimization can provide a sizable decrease in noise impact depending not only on the population distribution, but on the types and the numbers of aircraft operations.
Extensive research shows that children raised in single-parent households don't do as well in a range of areas, from school to work, and any sizable decrease in academic achievement or work-participation rates would erode the advantages of a growing working-age population.
The sizable decrease in rumen methane production with the OV supplementation occurred within 8 h after feeding and has to be interpreted with caution due to the large within- and between-animal variability in methane emission estimates.
This sizable decrease in GC content in the last two groups could be explained either by the presence of a large number of horizontally transferred genes in the last two groups, or by an accumulation of AT-rich mutations in genes belonging to these groups.
For August, the weakness was led by sizable decreases in production of autos and auto products and various consumer goods.
