Sentence examples for constituted a decline from inspiring English sources

This constituted a decline in viewership compared to the previous week's episode, "A Dog and Pony Show", which was seen by 8.47 million viewers and received a 9.1 rating.

Whites, who constituted a declining proportion of the population, could not meet the demand for skilled and semiskilled labour.

This constitutes a large decline given that average international migration rates are around 0.29%.

In fact, the next five years constituted a time of drastic decline in Liberal support.

Anne McLellan, Canada's justice minister, declined to say whether the attack constituted a hate crime, saying such a decision was up to the provincial prosecutor.

Roxanne Donovan, a Max Capital spokeswoman, said the change was made for security reasons, though she declined to say specifically how the cross constituted a security threat.

Shivpuri was constituted a municipality in 1904.

It was constituted a municipality in 1867.

Mandla was constituted a municipality in 1867.

But the Razor Scooter's decline constitutes a special burden for Sharper Image because it creates such unfavorable year-over-year sales comparisons.

It is only a small exaggeration to say that the six movies I've named constitute an epic of decline, a sprawling, Zolaesque series of narratives whose common theme — discernible only in retrospect — is the crisis of American civic liberalism, as witnessed in its 20th century capital, New York.