Sentence examples for example of declining from inspiring English sources

John Winter, a high jump gold medallist at the 1948 London Games, said the latest scandal was an example of declining ethics in sport and business generally.

Birds are commonly cited as an example of declining farmland biodiversity in Europe, especially in the economically and agriculturally developed countries of Western Europe.

He took an active part in the running of his college, but avoided public occasions, to the extent, for example, of declining an invitation to become a founding member of the British Academy.

Since adolescents with less experience and fewer resources for offending are more susceptible to crime blocking by improved security—as found by, for example, the studies of declining car theft where youthful joyriding declined disproportionately there are grounds to infer a significant debut crime inhibition effect induced by improved security measures.

The well-educated citizenries of Boston, Milan, Minneapolis and New York have found new sources of prosperity when old ones ran out.Detroit is the book's prime example of decline.

Of course, Ratatouille grossed $11 million less than The Incredibles -- $624 million compared to $635 million, so I suppose that's an example of decline.

Haplogroup X is another example of decline through time as it was relatively abundant in the indigenous population (11 4%) but is now barely present (0.25%) on the island (P=0.0007).

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

Contrastingly in Europe, British port cities maintained their population but lost a considerable traffic share to the Le Havre Hamburgrangenge, the London case being a typical example of a declining port in that period, with the symbolic reconversion of its Docklands.

He added that he was "completely taken aback" that O'Reilly would attack what Bashir called Mitchell's "brief, lighthearted aside" as an example of "the declining journalists standards in America".

I would like to think that our society would exercise imagination and compassion, that our insurance companies would not be allowed to cancel us if we failed the Alzheimer's test, that our government would set a humane example in this age of declining Medicare payments.