While earnings improved, Intel said lower prices from Advanced Micro contributed to a decline in profitability.
Screening mammography and adjuvant therapy are shown to have both contributed to a decline in U.S. breast cancer mortality.
Reports of torture undoubtedly contributed to a decline in street protests at the end of the summer.
But the same price increases, two analysts said, contributed to a decline in total circulation at The Times.
"More than half of them said the big bang had contributed to a decline in ethical standards.
Women's rate of diabetes jumped 79%, something that has contributed to a decline in life expectancy among some groups.
Higher labour costs, however, contributed to a decline in international competitiveness in such labour-intensive activities as textile manufacture.
Look at the evidence from Brazil, where social protection has contributed to a decline in extreme poverty, from 10%to2%2%, and an equally dramatic decline in malnutrition.
In turn, some of his own, dire commercial films contributed to a decline in his reputation in the second half of his career.
[C5.] CHINESE STOCKS TUMBLE Inflation fears contributed to a decline in China's stock market, prompting the central bank to act in an effort to keep prices down.
