1.   The decline in earnings reflected the more difficult trading environment experienced by our downstream oil and chemicals businesses.

2.   Analysts said the Barrick decline reflected the additional cost of the new offer.

3.   But administration officials said the decline reflected greater coordination between state, local and federal officials.

4.   But he and other analysts said that the declines reflect increased automation, higher productivity and increased capital investment in manufacturing.

5.   But that period included the closing of New York Newsday, and the circulation decline reflected the loss of some of the New York City circulation.

6.   But the decline reflected a lull in orders for aircraft and demand for other goods rose for the first time since September.

7.   But the decline also reflects a growing perception that the UJA and the federations are not keeping up with the times.

8.   But the researchers were still unable to tell whether the decline in performance reflected general fatigue or an overload of the specific neural network handling the task.

9.   But, he added, the sharper recent decline also reflects a new desire among Americans to indulge the forbidden pleasures of the table.

10.   Clinical decline reflects an ongoing decline in dopamine, the neurotransmitter, or chemical messenger, in the brain that helps control movement.