Sentence examples for top declines from inspiring English sources

This competent but underwhelming portrait of the 70s/80s rock star sticks to the usual wave-graph structure of a thousand other rock bio-docs: the subject starts from humble origins, rises to the top, declines due to substance abuse and ego issues, and ends up finding fame and happiness at last through sobriety, comeback concerts and managing not to die.

Chemicals were the top declining sector, with the Dow Jones Stoxx chemicals index down 0.4%.

For the other participants, the probability of wearing the top declined sharply around 20°C.

Using the S.P.M. measure of economic well-being, the size of that top group declines to 17 percent.

But now, in some of the fastest-growing counties in the country, home to places with names like Venus, Ponder and Fate, building permits dropped by as much as 40percentt last year, often on top of declines in late 2006.

The revenue miss, the chronic top line declines, and falling profitability paint the picture of a ship that has not yet turned around.

Not coincidentally, the number of law-school applicants plummeted by more than 15percentt for the academic year that begins this fall on top of declines of 10percentt in each of the previous two years according to the Law School Admission Council.

Compare the nationwide number with the New York metropolitan area, where the bottom third declined 15% and the top third declined 4.4%, or L.A. (since that's where Venice, Calif., is), and you'll see the bottom tier declining 23.8% year over year and the top tier declining "only" 9.5%.

Top clerics declined to condemn the couple.

The head coach and top athletes decline all interviews starting about a month before a race.

Spokesmen for the other executives whose compensation placed them in the top 20 declined to comment.