1.   The once great industry is now in terminal decline.

2.   All in the space of a century, towns like McDonald sprouted, flowered briefly and now appear to be in terminal decline.

3.   If we are in terminal moral decline, the remedies must surely be bolder.

4.   NATO might even go into terminal decline.

5.   The joyful ringing of tills at German car factories heralds the renaissance of an industry once thought to be in terminal decline.

6.   Though Welsh kept a toehold in the chapels and in some families, it went into seemingly terminal decline.

7.   Meanwhile, weak electronics export growth did not point to terminal decline, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson added.

8.   The fishing industry has been in terminal decline, leaving local employment high.