Sentence examples for fallen in number from inspiring English sources

Some of the birds that have suffered the most alarming declines are the most well known species including the house sparrow which has fallen in number by 147m or 62%, the starling (53%) and skylark (46%).

The toad, skylark and beetles such as the wormwood moonshine are among the species of special conservation concern in the UK that have fallen in number by 67% since 1970 overall, and by 12% between 2002 and 2013.

He said that suicide-bombings, the Palestinians' most devastating and demoralising weapon, had fallen in number from 60-plus in the first half of 2002 to 17 in the first half of 2003 and six so far this year, with none since mid-March.

Car bombs, they say, fell in number from 44 four weeks ago to 12 in the last week of November.

But in the 20th century farms grew in size and fell in number, from 6.5m in 1920 to 2.2m in 2007.

The dermal papilla cells fall in number, the follicles shrink and, as the American Hair Loss Association puts it, they stop producing "cosmetically acceptable hair".

Apps are increasingly preferred to banks' websites, according to BBA figures, noting that internet banking logins fell in number slightly last year.

In the second and third week of the riots - when 57 out of France's 60 CRS riot police units had been deployed in the suburbs - hand-to-hand clashes fell in number.

The government's own assessment, published in August, found that much of England's best-loved wildlife remains in serious decline, with 75% of over 200 "priority" species across the country falling in number.

Large families are few and falling in number, but one good anecdote about a dysfunctional feckless household distracts from the savage effect of cuts to the rest of the working poor.

Birds and butterflies on farmland have continued their long-term downward trend and 75% of more than 200 "priority" species across the country – including hedgehogs, dormice and moths – are falling in number.