Sentence examples for declining by one from inspiring English sources

The poverty target would be achievable as long as consumption per person in developing countries increases by around 4% a year, roughly the pace it has achieved since 1999.Yet recent research from the World Bank itself casts doubt on both of these approaches.* The first projection that poverty can keep declining by one percentage point a year is the easiest to dismiss.

Also in 2007, for the second straight year and in a trend health officials find worrisome, the rate of births to teenagers rose slightly after declining by one-third from 1991 to 2005.

For example, China would experience its manufacturing exports declining by one-fifth with a corresponding real income drop of 3.7%.

Average SAT scores in reading and writing declined by one point this year, while math scores held steady, according to a report on the high school class of 2009 released Tuesday by the College Board.

But the number of students at grade level declined by one percentage point from last year.

According to the Internet measurement firm Nielsen/NetRatings, traffic to KaZaA declined by one million unique visitors the week ended July 6, after the announcement by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Despite the demands of mission in Afghanistan - the first 'hot' ground war fought in NATO history - total European defense spending declined, by one estimate, by nearly 15percentt in the decade following 9/11.

It is the growth rate of the annual average gross domestic product -- currently 8percentt -- that is likely to decline by one percentage point, not the annual average gross domestic product itself.

Online sales during Thanksgiving weekend broke all previous records, garnering more than five billion dollars (up eighteen per cent from last year), according to Adobe data cited in a Bloomberg article, while sales at brick-and-mortar retail stores declined by one per cent.

Online sales during Thanksgiving weekend broke all previous records, garnering more than five billion dollars (up eighteen per cent from last year), according to Adobe data cited in a Bloomberg article, while sales at brick-and-mortar retail stores declined by one per cent.

The number of heavy smog days declined by one to 46 days.