Sentence examples for decline battles from inspiring English sources

BESET by three crises economic decline, battles over land ownership, and involvement in the Congo war Robert Mugabe's government is in dreadful trouble.

It was disappointing to see UCU members repeat the tired claim that London Metropolitan University is in a "spiral of decline" (Battle for the soul of higher education, Letters, 6 August).

And the stories we remember best are those that touch our sense of the human struggle - the underdog fighting the odds, the ageing master staving off physical decline, the battler who never gives up.

Peers of the realm, priests, and citizens of the City of London could also decline the battle if challenged.

Arbour had been in declining health, battling Parkinson's disease and dementia, and living in a long-term care facility in Florida, his former team said in a statement Friday.

Civilian mortality in this kind of struggle is a reminder that a decline in recorded battle fatalities does not automatically mean an advance in peace.But what is the lesson of this generally benign assessment?

Several decades ago, the company management realized the field has to rely on enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods to battle decline and prolong the field's productivity.

In experimental studies that exclude deer from invaded sites, Alliaria abundance rapidly declines (Eschtruth and Battles 2009 b ; Knight et al. 2009; Kalisz et al. 2014).

Earlier this month, the Justice Department declined to prosecute Custer Battles, though the civil suit continues under the whistle-blower law.

Walloped by declining sales and bitter battles with its Chinese parent, Ssangyong filed for bankruptcy protection last month.

Bridge is a game/sport/pursuit (delete according to where you stand in the judicial battle) in decline.