Sentence examples for country declined from inspiring English sources

The infant mortality rate in this country declined sharply in the 20th century but then plateaued from 2000 to 2005.

Her husband, by contrast, a medical doctor by training and one of the most visible politicians in the country, declined to be interviewed.

Mortgage rates around the country declined this week with rates on 30-year and 15-year mortgages returning to their lowest levels of the year.

On Saturday night American officials, like those from almost every other country, declined to talk about the proposal and instead hunkered down to look for problems.

The Government House Price Index recently reported that prices across the country declined by a minimum average of 23.6 percent in the past five years, although industry analysts say the actual drop is much larger.

In a sign of the shifting insurgent tactics, the number of suicide bombings in the country declined to 39 through November, compared with a high of 81 in all of 2009, according to the Pakistani military.

By the afternoon, he was being helicoptered round the country, declining to correct any of the transparent untruths he has told over the campaign.

Other trends -- chiefly, the general economic health of the country, declining rates of child poverty, and unrelated changes in child welfare policies -- could also be responsible.

Even as the overall number of Christians in the country declines, American Christianity is becoming more diverse.

Some countries declined to provide additional I.M.F.

Robert A. Kandel, a lawyer for the three countries, declined to comment.