Sentence examples for has declined rather from inspiring English sources

By a 3-to-1 margin, according to a Washington Post poll, the public now believes that the level of ethics and honesty in the government has declined rather than risen under Mr. Bush.

Meanwhile, the rate of job openings as a percentage of total employment has declined rather sharply from 3.4% in January 2001 to 2.4% in May, the last month for which data from the BLS is available.

Mr. Rumsfeld said research into the effects of the sonar has shown "little if any impact on marine mammals," and he countered that the amount of military training on Okinawa and the noise levels "have declined rather than increased".

After 15 years of war, the intellectual acumen of the IC seems to have declined rather than increased.

But what that tells us is not necessarily that the economy's capacity to expand — and to generate higher living standards — has declined permanently but, rather, that we need an extended period of above-average growth to get us back on the historic trend line.

The number of publications using the Salmonella assay rose dramatically, peaking at approximately 500 papers/year in the early 1980s, but has declined gradually to a rather constant level of approximately 200 papers/year during the past decade.

Rather than improving, this figure has declined from a peak of 16% eight years ago.

The labor cost gap has declined largely because of mass layoffs in southern states, rather than productivity gains.

Rather than glowing up, before-and-after photos remind us how dramatically the health of our planet has declined.

American influence has declined.

Lawlessness has declined.