Saudis had cited the lack of qualified female athletes, and conservative opinion in the kingdom, in declining for years to field a woman.
And although a lot of our marriages fail, divorce rates have actually been declining in recent years.
The U.S. carbonated soft drinks market, which comprises most of the North American market, has been declining in recent years.
's four major U.K. newspaper titles, the others being the Sun, the Times and Sunday Times, but its circulation has been declining in recent years.
Deaths from twisters have been declining in recent years because of improved forecasts and increased awareness by people living in tornado-prone areas, especially in smaller and rural communities.
At the top end, Stanford, which is a private university, and Berkeley, which is not, continue to produce fine students, but enrolment in public universities and colleges has been declining in the past few years.
Sears, mired in years of declining sales, has closed 68 of its Sears department stores since 2009.
But this premium has been declining sharply in recent years.
Participation in the festival has declined in recent years due to migration, declining interest in Qiang heritage among the young and the impact of outside cultures, but the 2008 Sichuan earthquake that destroyed many of the Qiang villages and devastated the region put the New Year festival at grave risk.
U.S. gross domestic product fell for the first time in three and a half years in the fourth quarter, declining by an annualized 0.1%, new Commerce Department figures show.
For the Astros, Twins, and Mariners, this largely due to a declining performance trend in recent years that was exacerbated this season.
The company suffered a dismal top-line performance, with same-store sales declining five years in a row before turning up, ever so slightly, so far in 2010.
In the last four years Egypt has seen massive rises in unemployment, declining growth and the value of the national currency nearly halved.
As a result of the conflict and fires, forests have been declining considerably in the past 40 years.
The great irony of the entire NBA labor and financial discussion is that league demand has been tremendous in the last few years despite declining profits.
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In recent years, thanks to declining ratings and more alternative media options (cable TV, YouTube, Facebook) vying for a limited number of consumer eyeballs, only four network soaps remain.
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The declining prices for solar panels in recent years have helped to make them more attractive.
The ECB also said it sees inflation in the EU declining for the next two years.
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And as the two species slug it out for Antarctic dominance, Rambo appears to be losing, declining 65% in the last few years.
Not long ago this country was faced with several years in a row of declining federal tax revenues (both in absolute dollars and as a percent of GDP), simultaneous declines in GDP growth from over 5% to less than 1%, and a 50% increase in the rate of unemployment.
The middle class has been struggling now for about a decade -- 10 years in which folks felt the sting of stagnant incomes and sluggish job growth and declining economic security, as well as at least eight years in which there was a profound animosity towards the notion of unions.
In recent years the museum has been plagued by declining attendance and a persistent, seven-figure budget deficit.
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He wrote that less than half of the urgently required maintenance will be completed over the next five years, leaving council buildings in a declining condition and jeopardising future service delivery for the public.
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The brick and mortar electronics retailer has been in a steady decline for the last several years, declining 71% since April 2010.
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Regardless of the economic dip, however, several career paths have been declining for years due to larger structural changes in the economy.
The National Interagency Fire Center reports the number of annual wildfires in the United States has been declining for more than 30 years.
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It is declining and will disappear in the next 8-10 years, but the accumulated funds plus future revenues will cover Social Security payments until about 2040.
Declining supply in the North Sea has been a problem for years, given aging oil fields and infrastructure there.
After at least seven years of growth, gum sales began declining in mid-2010.
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