1.   And it is hastening the decline of Hong Kong and the rise of New York as the center of the China art trade.

2.   A dissident camp argues that pouring more water from the Everglades into the bay will only hasten the decline.

3.   Along the way, Newman, while a lucratively effective negotiator, may have alienated the boxer from the power brokers in the sport and thus hastened his decline.

4.   For embarrassing the franchise at times, yes, but mostly for helping to hasten its decline.

5.   Poverty has hastened the decline.

6.   The exodus has hastened the decline of hundreds of little towns across the plains.

7.   The scandal intensified bickering within the Democratic Party and hastened its decline, as jittery Republicans remember only too well.

8.   This could prolong the misery for smaller oil companies, and hasten the decline of even more small Texas towns.

9.   This decline was hastened by the plunge in soya prices on the Chicago futures market mid-week.