Standards have dipped alarmingly under Collins.
At that time, public faith in the queen and her family dipped alarmingly.
There was sense in this view; thereafter, Murray's level dipped alarmingly, prompting the thought that missing that opportunity had done his head in.
Walsall have been much better over the course of 14 matches but their form has dipped alarmingly in October with four defeats and a squandered two-goal advantage against Crewe.
The teenager's reputation was developing faster off the pitch than on it, and not favourably, and his form had dipped alarmingly meaning that the first four months of the season were spent in frustration on the substitutes' bench.
Disappointingly defeated in the League Cup quarter-final by neighbours West Brom – Morley was sent off in the tunnel at half-time – the form of the defending league champions dipped alarmingly: the team started February in 17th place and just three points off the relegation zone.
Unbeaten in a record-equalling start to the season, the side have dipped alarmingly in the absence of Alvaro Saborio, Kyle Beckerman and Nick Rimando, with the latter two possibly being shoved on to the field trailing discarded boarding passes and in-flight magazines, so keen will RSL be to see them back from Brazil.
Huddersfield's form has dipped alarmingly in the run-up to the semi-final, culminating in a 52-6 defeat at lowly Castleford on Sunday.
He has since led the club to finishes of 16th and 10th in the top flight, although in the second half of last season the team's form dipped alarmingly, with just 16 points won from a possible 57.
Although 2012 started promisingly, with good qualifying form in several early races and a win by Schumacher's team-mate Nico Rosberg at the third race of the season in China, the team's form dipped alarmingly and by the end of the season they were struggling to score points.
