11.   But both Wall Street analysts and the company had been expecting a slight decline.

12.   But a slight decline from his peak still leaves him better off than anyone else.

13.   But in this case, even a slight decline in home sales makes some of them nervous.

14.   But the scores for students in the sixth and eighth grades showed slight declines.

15.   But the rate of change has been slowing, and the most recent surveys have showed slight declines in the percentage of black journalists in both industries.

16.   Clay, Platte and Johnson counties recorded slight declines.

17.   Economists had expected a slight decline.

18.   Economists said the slight decline masked an economy and a labor market that were still worsening.

19.   For many of us, the beginning of summer marks a slight decline in the normal speed of business life.

20.   In early August, the Michigan sentiment figures showed only a slight decline from the previous month.