Sadly, rapid modern development has seen their numbers dwindle to just a few hundred in recent years.
If current trends continue, then soon Christian influence in the Middle East may dwindle to nothing.
However, if St Helena does not become accessible by air then our community will certainly dwindle to nothing.
He warned that otherwise new mortgage lending might dwindle to a complete halt.
The thousands of visitors will dwindle to hundreds and on down the chart.
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MySpace had seen its user count dwindle to 34.9 million at the time of sale, down by roughly half from the prior year.
In states like Massachusetts, old Portuguese language cities like Fall River have seen the Brazilian community numbers dwindle to maybe a couple of hundred.
As we went through the break-up process and debated whether we really wanted to end things, we let it dwindle to a piddling amount.
Once the engine is running, whatever torquing and vibrations sneak past the engine mounts dwindle to almost nothing in the vehicle's huge, attenuating structure.
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In fact, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently forecast that corn inventories could dwindle to 5% of annual use before the 2011 harvest is brought in, the smallest fraction since the Great Depression.
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But, as his footfalls shook dust streams from the ceiling, the lamination would dwindle to gossamer cross-hatching, to a golden web, to a few glowing strands, to winking glints, and then, finally, to only the possibility of light.
The time we have for ourselves is only going to dwindle and mobile devices are going to be called on to help us more and more.
The number of incidents appeared to dwindle in the years following September 11, only to return to an upswing in the mid-2000s.
The present was kept a little at bay: that congregations everywhere continued to dwindle, that no ground had been regained by the Church or seemed likely to be, was not often mentioned.
And as the supply of original scripted content continues to dwindle and ratings fall accordingly, each of the networks will likely be forced to cut ad rates and offer bonus spots or refunds come early 2008, a scenario that could cost them tens of millions of dollars.
It could be left to dwindle as a minimum service for people with no alternative, or it could be managed energetically as a rival to the banks.
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Oil production only began to dwindle under the poor leadership of Hoxha in the communist era.
Such revenues are forecast to dwindle, as the few remaining choice lots are sold.
Moreover, the U.S. military presence in Western Europe is likely to dwindle dramatically.
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As Britain began to industrialize, the number of royal pageants began to dwindle.
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Grandson of newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst watching family fortune continue to dwindle.
The difference between real leaders, and leaders in title only, is what they do when the creative juices begin to dwindle.
Elliott insists he'll be able to turn credits into cash as California's minimums are set to rise and credits are set to dwindle.
After a while, it seemed so normal to recognize a few famous faces in the crowd, however, that my excitement began to dwindle.
When US manufacturing starts to dwindle, so will that technological advantage.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is worried that oil supplies are peaking, shortly to dwindle, and that high oil prices could cause global economic recession.
But America's insistence on prohibition, and the heavy penalties it imposes even on possessors and smokers of cannabis, mean that the problem is unlikely to dwindle soon.
Meanwhile, the state's previously robust budget surplus began to dwindle.
Initially set up to document orangutans in the wild, Camp Leakey served as a rehabilitation site for ex-captive orangutans, as the forests they were surrounded by started to dwindle.
But as soon as that was done, I watched the money I had once thought would be a down payment on my own place someday dwindle, owing to the additional expense of health insurance.
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