Sentence examples for patronage declined from inspiring English sources

Scottish government data showed that while the number of air, rail, ferry and car travellers all increased, bus patronage declined steeply.

With the construction of the ALCAN (now Alaska) Highway and the replacement of the ferry with a bridge downstream, traffic moved away and patronage declined.

Despite a resurgence of passengers in 1978, when the station was rebuilt following the relocation of the Park's Visitors Centree to the site of the original station, patronage declined to approximately three passengers per train.

LS Lowry, between 1955-76 Mancunian painter LS Lowry was particularly steadfast in his refusal of patronage, declining pretty much every honour they could offer him, from an OBE to a knighthood, between 1955 and 1976.

Such a business is hardly in the league of the higher-priced Manhattan restaurants struggling with patronage declines in th wake of the Sept. 11 events, and thus is not a harbinger of how those restaurants will end up.

The traditional source of Buddhist patronage had dwindled with declining trade.

Monks burned themselves to protest declining patronage from the ruling classes or to lament invasions.

It cited declining patronage and rising operating deficits among the reasons for its request.

Although the causes changed, the attraction of India as a place of refuge and gracious patronage did not decline for several subsequent centuries.

Nationalist rhetoric also resonates with increasingly xenophobic populations, thus providing an alternative way for elites to mobilize supporters in the face of declining patronage resources.

Hardly a week goes by without news that another historic gay or lesbian bar is shuttering, whether due to gentrification, declining patronage, or some combination of the two.