Sentence examples for decline largely from inspiring English sources

Despite their cultural, economic, and ecological importance, large carnivores are experiencing a global decline, largely due to conflict with humans.

The study attributed the 1.6percentt decline largely to reduced utility and fuel costs.

The decline largely continued, though the largest increase in recent years was 14percentt in 1998.

Daimler attributed the decline largely to a drop in income in its van, bus and other operations.

Alex Matthiessen, Riverkeeper's president, attributed the fish decline largely to five power plants along the Hudson, including the Indian Point nuclear plant.

The retailer's parent company, FAO Inc., has suffered a long decline, largely at the hands of discount toy retailers like Wal-Mart and Toys R UsUs.

The labor cost gap has declined largely because of mass layoffs in southern states, rather than productivity gains.

Then adjust for hours per worker, which have been declining, largely because of the recent rise of part-time employment.

In general, employment in the banking sector has declined, largely because of the widespread computerization of transactions and this restructuring.

By the mid-1980s, PCP use declined, largely as a result of the increased popularity of crack cocaine.

The index declined largely because gas prices dropped 6 percent, and the price of home heating oil fell by the most in almost four years.