The phrase "a whole decrease" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward.
It could be used in contexts where you want to emphasize the entirety of a decrease in quantity or value.
Example: "The company reported a whole decrease in profits this quarter, which has raised concerns among investors."
Alternatives: "a significant decrease" or "a complete reduction".
Newspaper advertising revenue in the Times Company as a whole decreased 15.4percentt for April 2001, compared with the period a year earlier.
Bonuses in the public sector as a whole decreased by 16.3% to £1.3bn in the year ending April 2014, which was partly due to the privatisation of the Royal Mail in October 2013.
Surveys conducted by D3 Systems between 2004 and 2007 indicate that, during this time frame, the Iraq population's satisfaction with the vital supply of electricity as a whole decreased despite big investments in rebuilding the national electrical infrastructure (Fig. 3).
When an 84-g serving of almonds was incorporated into the diet daily, the energy digestibility of the diet as a whole decreased by ∼5%.
Energy digestibility of the diet as a whole decreased by ∼3% with the incorporation of 42 g almonds into the daily diet and by 5% with the incorporation of 84 g almonds into the daily diet.
Reduced fluoroquinolone susceptibility among nontyphoidal strains of S. enterica among travelers from Finland, as a whole, decreased significantly during the study period, 2003 2007 after having constantly increased for several years (3, 4 ).
It is relatively well established that the metabolic rate of the brain as a whole decreases from WK to NREMS, based on human and animal studies using glucose consumption (Kennedy et al. 1982; Nofzinger et al. 2002) and brain perfusion (see Maquet 2000 for a comprehensive review) as an index.
Inequalities in cancer mortality under 75 years of age between the most deprived 20% of Local Authority Districts (Spearhead LADs) and England as a whole decreased by 11.3% between the baseline period 1995 1997 and 2004 2006, already more than the 6% reduction that had been targeted for 2009 2011 (Department of Health, 2003, 2007).
The approach should be aimed at the community as a whole to decrease the level of stigmatization already experienced by some former LRA abductees [ 13, 25, 26].
