Sentence examples for contributed to declining from inspiring English sources

Since overweight kids have suppressed ghrelin levels, Horvath theorizes that perhaps the obesity epidemic has contributed to declining test scores and other American educational woes.

The Bush administration failed to send sufficiently high-ranking officials to Southeast Asia, and experts from the region said that contributed to declining American influence.

Alongside other factors such as habitat destruction and predation by other invasive species such as rats, the parasite has contributed to declining numbers in several native birds, and perhaps the disappearance of some species from certain islands.

While journalists had enjoyed fairly wide access in the Vietnam War, some commanders felt that the depiction of that war in the media had contributed to declining public support for it.

The failure of this and other strikes in the years following World War I contributed to declining union membership in subsequent years.

Acosta said that the year's unusually early registration process, along with unmade staffing decisions, and a shift to automated and computerized registration instead of the traditional student-to-teacher registrations in the school arena also contributed to declining MAS enrollment.

I suggest that this extreme politicization is alienating many moderates and contributing to declining movie attendance.

A number of these studies also show that declining rates of observed near-surface u (termed 'stilling') is the primary factor contributing to declining rates of evaporative demand.

We know of no such recent cost increases in the U.S. that would be a major factor contributing to declining dynamics.

Future studies should continue to explore factors that contribute to declining physical function after deployment.

All 14 patients chose randomisation as a reason contributing to declining participation in the CROP study.