In the Middle East, where agriculture and civilisation began in symbiosis 10,000 years ago, grain yields have started to fall because water supplies have begun to dwindle: Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Saudi Arabia have all seen wells dry, and aquifers depleted.
Amid the team's struggles, attendances have begun to dwindle and there were also question marks over his team selection after regulars Rory Patterson and Patrick McEleney were left out of the squad on occasions.
Aghast at the catastrophic failure of nuclear technology, and outraged by revelations that the government and power industry had planted nuclear proponents at recent town hall-style meetings, the elderly atomic bomb survivors, dwindling in numbers, have begun stepping forward for the first time to oppose nuclear power.
The reason for this begins with the fact that when it comes to our beleaguered education system — from its skyrocketing costs to its middling outcomes and dwindling resources — many have begun to look at technology as a savior.
The number of true meaningful games has begun to dwindle to a ludicrous few.
But his income had begun to dwindle due to depleted stocks.
But now the number of able-bodied adults had begun to dwindle, and the survivors were growing old.
By 11 20, more than an hour after the verdict had been read, the crowd outside the courtroom had begun to dwindle; fists were no longer aloft, placards had come down.
And as the waters have started to recede, the number of those wanting to be evacuated by boat has begun to dwindle, with many preferring to stay put or relocate to the expanding dry areas closer to their homes.
Still, by the early 1990's, the number of clergymen arriving at Jemez Springs had begun to dwindle, as lawsuits over priests who had sexually abused minors made headlines in New Mexico and other states.
