Sentence examples for a universal decline from inspiring English sources

"What we are losing in this country and presumably around the world is the sustained, focused, linear attention developed by reading," said Mr. Gioia of the N.E.A. "I would believe people who tell me that the Internet develops reading if I did not see such a universal decline in reading ability and reading comprehension on virtually all tests".

Despite modest increases in some areas, they saw a universal decline in nature-based activities, hinting at a "fundamental shift away from nature-based recreation".

Over the last two decades, scholars working with pastoral groups from both the northern and southern hemisphere have reported an almost universal decline in herd mobility, caused by a variety of factors ranging from the commoditisation of the pastoral economy to villagisation policies (cf. Fratkin 1997).

Although species distribution models highlight the general vulnerability of southern range edge populations of beech to rising drought stress (Kramer et al. 2010), population decline is not predicted to be limited only to the very southern margin of its distribution, nor is universal decline across the southern range-edge of this species likely.

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Recently a Universal spokeswoman declined to discuss the studio's reasoning, but one person who was briefed on the matter said the main issue was a budget then pegged at about $35 million, too much for a company that had spent heavily on the vain pursuit of Oscars for "Frost/Nixon" and other films.

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