Sentence examples for declining standard from inspiring English sources

Egypt deprived its people of political rights and gave them a declining standard of living.

Opponents in this country fear that a free trade agreement would cause job losses and a declining standard of living.

But a society that has come to base itself on fear is now a society facing a declining standard of living for the first time in its history.

For example, the actor Nigel Havers claimed that he agreed to take part merely to draw attention to the declining standard of TV.

The foundations, the Heinz Endowments, the Grable Foundation and the Pittsburgh Foundation, have indefinitely suspended their payments for programs in the Pittsburgh schools, citing a declining standard of fiscal management and a breakdown in governance.

Faced with a $7.2 billion debt and a declining standard of living, Zambia was promised fresh aid at the Paris meeting after the approval of its 1990-94 economic recovery plan by the I.M.F. and World Bank.

The charity Leonard Cheshire Disability also warned of declining standards "and in some places declining safety".

Mr. Sorkin cannot be faulted for lamenting the declining standards of television news.

Feminism, literature, declining standards (in everything) and, occasionally, cricket were discusssed.

Somebody is always crying: "Down with the Establishment!" Somebody else is always bemoaning declining standards.

Tom McGurk, writing in Ireland's Sunday Business Post, viewed it as a further example of the declining standards of journalism.