Sentence examples for but a slight fall from inspiring English sources
Since his election in March as the first non-European pope in 1,300 years, the Argentinian has several times condemned the "idolatry of money" and said it was a depressing sign of the times that a homeless person dying of exposure on the street was no longer news but a slight fall in the stock market is.
The latest figures show a rate of 40.4 per 1,000 girls in 2008 – a drop of just over 13% from 1998, but only a slight fall from 41.9 per 1,000 in 2007, when the rate rose.
Jonathan Douglas-Hughes, the vice-lord lieutenant of Essex, has said he hurt nothing but his pride after suffering a slight fall while accompanying the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on a visit to a school in Harlow.
But Institute for Customer Service chief executive Jo Causon warned that a slight fall in customer satisfaction across the board "should be of concern for the UK economy".
There was a slight fall after an initial spike, but the volume of reports was still about a third higher than the equivalent period last year.
More than a third (34%) of children were classified as overweight or obese - a slight fall from 35% in 2011 - but the number classed as obese remained at 19%.
The latest forecasts from the Fed show that it expects the economy to expand by 2.3%-2.7 2.3%-2.7ht fall from the projections in December but still one of the strongest in the OECD, a club of mostly rich countries.
But overall for 16 to-18-year-olds, there was a slight fall in the proportion of teenagers in full-time education - down from 70.6% to 70.5%.
In Wales, there was a slight fall in the A* to C group, but the proportion of entries awarded an A or A* remained unchanged on last year at 19.2%.
But Aberdeen Asset Management has missed out, falling 8.6p to 431.5p after it reported a slight fall in funds under management in the three months to December, as investors pulled money out of emerging market funds.
