A potential pothole is the declining quality of financial reporting.
For years, complaints about the declining quality of corporate earnings reports have gone largely unheeded.
The limitations of the poor are reflected in the declining quality of humble temple offerings.
He writes to Corbyn: "I have watched for some time the declining quality of the Labour party's leadership, but had not expected the calamitous decline achieved in 2015.
Of all the problems in the world, it seems extraordinarily decadent to complain about the declining quality of our televised satirical puppetry programmes.
In September Moody's, a credit agency, cut South Africa's sovereign rating, citing the declining quality of the government, growing social stresses and worsening conditions for investment.
It is arguable, even probable, that these developments have contributed to a rising, rather than a declining, quality of life for most Americans.
Pekka Haavisto, who chaired the UNEP taskforces in Afghanistan, Palestine and the Balkans, is particularly worried about the declining quality of fresh water in Gaza.
Their layoffs have been a drag on the recovery, and the declining quality of infrastructure in many areas has hurt many businesses.
"I have watched for some time the declining quality of the Labour Party's leadership but had not expected the calamitous decline achieved in 2015.
After all, what do we get for all this military leadership and bravado but mounting debt, many casualties, international ridicule and a declining quality of life at home?
