Sentence examples for dwindling proportion from inspiring English sources

The island has its own bank notes and its own language, though this is spoken by a tiny and dwindling proportion of the 63,000 population.

While the most prestigious works of art were painted on commission, they represented a small and dwindling proportion of the overall artistic output in the Low Countries.

Although the coalition is responsible for a dwindling proportion of civilian casualties – the UN estimated there were 2,777 last year – those cases where it is responsible draw increasingly furious protests from Afghans weary of foreigners killing their countrymen.

Other reasons f??r the dwindling proportion of individual new homes are the rise in land costs, mak ing it more economical to use the available acreage for multiple dwellings, and the perceptible shift in popular taste toward attached houses and garden apartments, co operative and condominium developments.

Even the international bragging rights that come with imperial pomp tend to dwindle in proportion to the amount of force that is required to bludgeon the locals into submission.

Our concern is that when individuals and corporations "shop around" different countries for the best tax deal, this puts pressure on governments all round the world to lower their tax rates, which results in an ever-dwindling proportion of profits going to governments to spend on schools, hospitals and public services.

Sifrhippus apparently responded to these changes by losing thirty per cent of its body size in about a hundred and thirty thousand years, dwindling to the proportions of a Persian cat.

Sifrhippus apparently responded to these changes by losing thirty per cent of its body size in about a hundred and thirty thousand years, dwindling to the proportions of a Persian cat.

But his piss and vinegar dwindled in direct proportion to his remaining service time.

The proportion of Latinos is growing and the proportion of blacks is dwindling.

As the former deputy commander of international forces in Bosnia, General Cabigiosu said, he can envision the reduction of forces here over time as the threat changes or recedes, which may be one way to let the American contribution dwindle in proportion to other countries, which has been the model in Bosnia.