Sentence examples for downturn in performance from inspiring English sources

So a downturn in performance was not entirely unexpected.

He said the "fragmentation" of education services with the creation of 22 councils in the mid-1990s was a factor behind a downturn in performance by pupils a decade later.

A downturn in the performance of our first team could adversely affect our ability to attract and retain coaches and players".

Evidence suggests that when expectations are unrealistic – that is, if they far exceed a child's ability – this can lead to a downturn in academic performance.

George Osborne's march of the makers has stumbled after two of Britain's largest manufacturers announced hundreds of job losses and a downturn in their performance.

Whilst we can never say never and are cognisant of the downturn in profit performance, we still do not believe that Tesco is considering any exit from Korea.

It would be idiotic, of course, for anybody to be gleeful at a downturn in hedge funds' performance.

Once praised as a visionary for building the AOL Internet service, he now faces a chorus of angry shareholders bitter about the abrupt downturn in AOL's performance, directors who want him to resign, company executives who doubt his authority and federal regulators investigating AOL's accounting.

Smith Corona said in announcing the move yesterday that a downturn in its second-quarter performance had impaired its ability to finance its operations.

The unexpected downturn in the company's performance, with its flagship Dutch business suffering double-digit advertising decline, led Mecom to admit that it needed to "reassess" the assumptions that support the turnaround strategy.

To add to the chaos, B&B also said that Steven Crawshaw, its chief executive, was resigning because of a heart condition and Rod Kent, the chairman, would take over until a replacement could be found.A sharp downturn in the bank's performance prompted the about-face.