Sentence examples for declines compared with from inspiring English sources
And 6 of the nation's 10 largest cities had higher poverty rates, although 4 recorded declines compared with 2011.
The previous monthly declines, compared with the previous year, were: January, down 15.9percentt; February, down 16.3percentt; March, down 10percentt; April, down 10.8percentt; and May, down 6.3percentt.
Data provided by city education officials showed that of the fifth graders from P.S. 257 who went on to I.S. 318, 9 percent experienced unusually steep English test score declines, compared with a citywide average of 0.6 percent.
Wall Street analysts had already projected earnings declines, compared with the quarter a year earlier, of 14.6percentt for the third quarter and 4.3percentt for the fourth quarter because the economy has slowed more than many economists had expected six months ago.
Indeed, a long list of television's most-popular shows, including "Everybody Loves Raymond" on CBS, "ER" and "Law and Order: SVU" on NBC and even "Monday Night Football" on ABC, have shown ratings declines compared with the same period last season on nights when they competed directly with baseball playoffs.
The professors looked at United States stock market performance, month by month, from January 1970 through June 1999, then divided the results into three categories of equal size: the months in which the market had the biggest relative declines (compared with the previous month); the "calm" months, those in which it rose or fell little; and the months in which it rose the most.
Exports have actually declined compared with their level 25 years ago.
The number of schools and districts listed this year declined compared with the last two years.
On the New York Stock Exchange, 1,976 stocks declined, compared with 1,157 that advanced.
The country's trade surplus for December declined compared with the similar month a year earlier.
Time magazine had a 31 percent decline compared with a 3.4 percent decline the same time last year.
