Sentence examples for of the decrease from inspiring English sources

The cause of the decrease is difficult to determine.

Other economists, minimizing the importance of the decrease, cited the cold weather and seasonal distortions.

So, drug trafficking is reduced but robberies have increased because of the decrease in trafficking.

The ministry said higher prices for Mexico's oil exports accounted for most of the decrease.

Part of the decrease is attributed to imported automobiles and hardware.

The cause of the decrease in dehydroepiandrosterone is not known.

Although some of the decrease may be seasonal, Mr. Suarez said he believes the numbers will hold.

That is 22.5percentt of its value, but the psychological significance of the decrease may be greater than that.

Some of the decrease can be explained by the economy and the decline in business travel, the report said.

Most of the decrease in New York came from a drop in property crimes -- violent crime dropped only 3.3percentt.

Another factor, he said, is that the largest part of the decrease in violent crimes in the victims' survey came from crimes not reported to the police.