Sentence examples for overall declines from inspiring English sources

The overall declines ended a dismal February.

Though there were overall declines in the percentage of residents who said they were not receiving needed care, the study showed increases in the share who said they did not get care because they could not find a doctor.

So far, they've been looking at the overall declines in profitability for companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 index – the headline figure – and ignoring the fact that if you stripped out the results for energy, profits have continued to grow.

The bank cautioned that the improvement, which followed a nearly 33-point drop the month before, was still at a level that "strongly suggests overall declines in the manufacturing sector".

Pressure had been mounting on the MPC all week from a run of poor figures from the manufacturing, construction and services sectors which showed one of the sharpest overall declines on record, suggesting the economy is weakening at a pace not seen since the recession of the early 1990s.

A closely watched gauge of housing values, the Standard & Poor 's/Case-ShillerHome Price Index, found that prices in eight of 20 major metropolitan areas rebounded in May on a seasonally adjusted basis, and that the overall declines in price from a year ago had moderated.

Scientists attributed 40% of that overall decline to the starfish.

To be sure, there has been a gradual, overall decline.

Yet amid the overall decline there are hidden growth markets.

Rising costs for automobiles limited the overall decline in prices.

The police said it led to an overall decline in crime and saved much police time.