Sentence examples for been decreases from inspiring English sources
verb
Of a quantity, to become smaller.
Only two times before in the 14 years of the survey -- 1995 and 1997 -- have there been decreases.
There have been decreases in security personnel, they said, and insufficient supplies for cleaning and repairs.
"According to national data, there have been decreases in the number of hours lost to short-, medium- and long-term sickness over the last two years.
Changes in employment were one reason given for the rise in severe and extreme poverty, with the report stating: "There have been decreases in real earned income, a rise in insecure employment (including zero hour contracts) and increases in the numbers in low pay.
And where there have been decreases, the number of neonatal causes of death have remained the same because they've been untouched by any kind of programme.
In children and adolescents, there have been decreases in physical education classes, reported availability of leisure time, and in active transport (walking/bicycling to school).
Crude exports, too, have been decreasing.
That income, though, has been decreasing.
Because homelessness has been decreasing countywide, shelters are being consolidated.
These are the people whose wages have been decreasing.
Tooth decay in young children had been decreasing for 40 years.
