The phrase "as it declined" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or condition that is deteriorating or decreasing over time.
Example: "The company's profits fell significantly, as it declined in market share due to increased competition."
Alternatives: "as it diminished" or "as it waned".
As it declined in its military usefulness, the sword gained a new role in the duel, especially in Europe, out of which practice emerged the modern sport of fencing.
AURA acknowledged this in its statement released on Sunday, even as it declined to explain further.
As it declined by 0.5% in the previous three months, it is flatlining, to use the jargon.
He also backed the prosecution, even as it declined to charge a soldier who admitted to shooting an unarmed civilian seven times.
In the United States, female unemployment also increased slightly in January and February, to 8 percent from 7.9 percent, even as it declined among men, to 8.7 percent from 8.8 percent.
The Nasdaq rose 4.2percentt last week to yet another closing high, with gains in every trading session, while the Dow fell 4percentt as it declined each day.
So long as it declines to sign up for strengthened safeguards, this is unverifiable.
They typically add money to stock mutual funds as the market rises and withdraw money as it declines.
But as my friend Ben Macdonald has pointed out, this is yet another example of the way our view of a particular bird shifts as it declines.
He is listed as a member of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, a group that advocates the use of human growth hormone to replace the hormone as it declines with age.
Note, when we wish to estimate the error in an average of AGB in a large number (m) of trees, the contribution to the error from the residual variance can be ignored as it declines at a rate of m −1, the second term, however, is only averaged over m [62, pp. 28 30].
