1.   A decline in beer sales had left the industry with spare capacity .

2.   Declines in Bogota were across the board, with key banks and cement companies falling.

3.   Declines in stocking levels can also have disastrous consequences if combined with tourist use.

4.   There has been a decline in the number of people joining the priesthood.

5.   There has been a decline in union representation in the auto industry.

6.   There has been a general decline in standards.

7.   Unemployment is not the issue - the real problem is the decline in public morality.

8.   Critics maintain that these reforms will lead to a decline in educational standards.

9.   The new system may be more economic but will lead to a decline in programme quality.

10.   ...a marked decline in the standards of written and spoken English in Britain.