Sentence examples for had recently declined from inspiring English sources

Kidnappings used to be common in south-east Nigeria but had recently declined.

He said he had recently declined a $250,000 offer to settle the case.

One real estate executive said prices for one-bedroom rentals had recently declined 10 to 12percentt.

One thing Mr. Smith was clearly unhappy about was his compensation, which had peaked at $500,000 and, like the compensation of most Goldman employees, had recently declined slightly.

And Mr. Duke, one of the executives who had been apprised of the bribery scheme after it occurred, according to reporting in The Times, had the crowd applaud a Chilean employee who had recently declined to take a bribe from a vendor.

"From my perspective, colleges, concentrate on what you're good at," said Ronald A. Crutcher, president of Wheaton College in Norton, Mass., who added that he had recently declined an offer from a for-profit education company to join other small liberal arts institutions in forming an online high school in their image.

(Ms. Liu has recently declined to discuss her marriage).

However, in California, coastal breeding sites have recently declined significantly (Roberson and Collins 2008).

The number of applicants to general surgery programs has recently declined.

Studies show that accident rates have recently declined because of improved snow and ice removal.

We understand that the GMC has recently declined to reopen the case.