1.   A survey of beaches in the UK has found an alarming decline in coastal cleanliness.

2.   Blackburn face a desperate battle to be involved in the playoffs after an alarming decline.

3.   After years of alarming decline, college entrance test scores of Texas high school students are rising.

4.   Bush, for example, cited the reported non-readiness of two Army divisions as one example of what he says is an alarming decline in military readiness.

5.   Is this good fun or an alarming decline in moral standards?

6.   Presenters described an alarming decline in annual fish stocks caused by overfishing, coupled with an increasing demand for fish on dinner plates across the globe.

7.   That may not immediately meet growing world demand, but it should be enough to reverse the alarming decline in dwindling oil stockpiles.

8.   The alarming decline in natural forest land requires a major rethinking on the value of forests.