Sentence examples for general declines from inspiring English sources

Given the Federal Reserve's recent efforts to head off incipient inflation by increasing interest rates, general declines in consumer rates are probably not in the immediate offing.

As the reputation of journalists in general declines, politicians are emboldened to denounce them all the more vociferously.And yet it is not enough to shrug at the vicious spin cycle, and to predict its inevitable acceleration.

In another statement, he said that Catholics and evangelicals might still agree on sexual and reproductive issues, but he also stressed that evangelicals could not accept the validity of the pope's office.All this is taking place against a background of general declines in Southern Baptist numbers and in the political heft of the religious right.

We observed a third pattern – general declines in service provision – for carbon storage and sediment retention, where beneficiaries in our analysis were not location dependent.

Suddenly, the lender would realize that if he does not get the property into stronger hands, its value will fall more than the general declines we've already seen.

The carbon additions led to general declines in dissolved oxygen concentrations; decreases in nitrate concentration were localized in aquifer layers where velocities were estimated to be less than 0.5 m/day.

The attorney general declined to comment.

David C. Williams, the inspector general, declined comment.

The general declined to provide details.

A spokeswoman for the state attorney general declined to comment.

A spokesman for the general declined to comment.