Sentence examples for counter a declining from inspiring English sources

HOUSTON — The ailing American coal industry, which has pinned its hopes on exports to counter a declining market at home, is scaling back its ambitions as demand from abroad starts to ebb as well.

The burger chain unveiled plans to counter a decline which saw it report its first quarterly loss in January.

Avaya Inc. said that it would cut an additional 2,000 jobs, adding to 3,000 cuts announced last month, as the maker of telephone equipment for businesses seeks to counter a decline in sales.

The Bank of Ireland plans to cut 2,100 jobs, or 12percentt of its work force, to counter a decline in profits from lending and meet the growing threat of competition.

At No. 3, Indra Nooyi of PepsiCo is the highest-ranked woman in business as she expands the food and beverage giant internationally to counter a decline in Americans' preference for soda and chips.

Earlier this year, he also launched "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao" (save the girl child, educate the girl child), a national campaign to counter female foeticide and a declining sex ratio.

Samsung Electronics, the semiconductor and flat-screen maker, posted a smaller drop in fourth-quarter profit than analysts estimated as liquid-crystal display earnings countered a decline in chip prices.

The gain in high-speed users helped counter a 3.4percentt decline in dial-up subscribers.

The industry has been hunting for ways to counter a crippling decline in advertising.

Officials of the archdiocese do not apologize for embracing Madison Avenue marketing to counter a sharp decline in vocations.

Their main purpose was to counter a long decline in scoring and the perception that brute strength had become a more essential basketball skill than quickness and agility.