Sentence examples for declined in relation to from inspiring English sources

But last year, for the first time since I can remember, our test scores declined in relation to comparable schools in the city.

"That specialty audio market has declined in relation to the larger, sort of mainstream digital products," said Jeff Joseph, vice president of the Consumer Electronics Association in Arlington, Va.

It is true that we may have a special relationship with America, and, based as this is upon certain shared traditions and responsibilities, it will continue.But anyone who has followed American policy towards Europe closely over the past few years will know how much our role as Washington's European partner has declined in relation to that of Germany or France.

There was also an improvement in the perception of health satisfaction, although the perception of quality of life declined in relation to the classifications good and very good, which may be because participants were faced with questions related to aging, which they had not considered yet.

The value of the cash offer declined in relation to the cash-and-stock deal as the pound weakened against the euro after the EU vote.

Now, as western economies are declining in relation to rising Asian ones, Mather notes that Korean textiles and Chinese plastics fill the souks of Aleppo.

But ignoring detailed research on its effects threatens our ability to adapt to a changing demography in which the working population is declining in relation to retirees.

We show that sensitivity to fragmentation varies according to functional group and body mass, with the prevalence of insectivores and large frugivores declining in relation to fragment size, particularly under 100 ha.

Other studies linking migrant diversity and abundance to surrounding land cover composition are lacking, but this result is surprising given that species richness of breeding bird species decline in relation to increasing urbanization at local and landscape scales [40].

Pollution doubtless put pressure on species inhabiting the area, but the timing of fish population declines in relation to developments in the fishery make it clear that it was fishing, not other human impacts, that has primary responsibility for the downfall of Clyde fish populations.

The general proficiency in physical diagnostic skills seems to be declining in relation to the development of new technologies.