Sentence examples for started to decline and from inspiring English sources

In the 17th century these outposts began to lose their importance as Ottoman and Portuguese power started to decline and the Dutch took over the spice trade.

He returned in October 2000 after the company's fortunes started to decline and the board ousted his protégé, Richard A. McGinn.

The period of prosperity at Great Zimbabwe continued until the mid-15th century, when the city's trading activity started to decline and its people began to migrate elsewhere.

Republicans are starting to see that Barack Obama might be vulnerable on the issue of government spending and excessive debt: his ratings among crucial independent voters have started to decline and the signs of economic recovery remain extremely tentative.

Add in the fact that the size of the workforce of the developed world has started to decline, and will continue to shrink though to the late 2030s, and you can paint a rather sombre picture.

"We don't have as many families moving in, employment has leveled off and started to decline, and housing costs are out of line with reality," said Bill Leonard, senior planner with Broward's planning services division.

It's a fact that fertility starts to decline and this is noticeable as you go through your thirties.

Fortunately, "The Emperor and the Wolf" becomes more interesting when the careers of its two subjects start to decline and their lives become unhappier and, consequently, more dramatic.

But there comes a point when sales start to decline and it then becomes extremely expensive to rebuild the brand.This supports the idea of continuous advertising.

All the same, American troop levels are starting to decline, and the counterinsurgency and other campaigns that were supposed to blanket Afghanistan's troubled provinces with experts have begun to lose favor.

"The reinvestment opportunities for cash are starting to decline and there are not as many places to put money with a big return," said Vadim Zlotnikov, chief investment strategist at Sanford C. Bernstein & Company.