1.   Although Disney is expected to report record earnings this year, ABC ratings have declined, and Eisner is pushing hard to reverse that decline.

2.   And in the past few years, attendance has sagged, television ratings have declined and bad behavior from fans is starting to rival the bad behavior from athletes.

3.   But in recent years its ratings have declined.

4.   But its ratings have declined recently as other talk shows with even more outrageous subject matter and guests have flooded the market.

5.   But overall, the ratings were declining until last year, when stations were allowed to begin airing two episodes a day.

6.   By region, the NAHB survey showed ratings declined in the Midwest, the South and the West, while they increased in the Northeast.

7.   Crop ratings have steadily declined as a result of the dry weather.

8.   If the Globes were after the Oscars, its formidable ratings would surely decline.

9.   Korner suggests the ratings would decline but hesitates to guess the drop would be dramatic.

10.   Quite naturally, the ratings declined.