Sentence examples for mean a decline from inspiring English sources

And any decline in manufacturing would mean a decline in good jobs.

That would mean a decline of about 2percentt from the previous month.

Those conversations have raised hard questions: Does the ascendance of Hispanics mean a decline in the influence of blacks?

If prices drop 5percentt next year, that would mean a decline of $60 billion in spending, all else being equal.

Taking time off for illness or working part-time doesn't have to mean a decline in efficiency or productivity, rather the reverse, since healthy workers with a good work-life balance are likely to be more, not less productive.

The executive director of ACE Denmark, Anette Jessen, said that while the failure rate for the programs inspected last year was high, it did not necessarily mean a decline in overall standards.

Prices will tend to follow wages down, since declining money earnings for the employed will mean a declining volume of expenditures.

According to Gov. Mike Leavitt of Utah, a Republican member of the commission who favors applying sales taxes without regard to how goods are sold, the status quo would also mean a declining tax base to finance police, fire departments, schools and other basic services provided by state and local governments.

A reading above 50 means there is still growth; a reading below 50 means a decline.

A fall in numbers means a decline in economic and political clout.

Each passing year also means a decline in the players' ranks.