Investment still lags behind depreciation, so the country's productive base is shrinking.

Its industrial base has shrunk, but it remains a major part of the area's economy.

Mr. Johanns, the Republican nominee in a state where the Democratic base has long been shrinking, is considered the strong favorite in the general election.

Through the observation floor I watched the base gradually shrink below us.

A Presidential commission studying which military bases to shrink or close is planning to add about 20 sites to the list the Pentagon has proposed, panel members said this week.

The industrial base of the world is shrinking as the most highly trained and intelligent personnel emigrate to their dream worlds.

An industrial base that used to provide jobs for those without a high school diploma has shrunk.

Now some in the party fear that its base of female support could shrink further, a bare 15 weeks before a national election that already looks perilous.

By the 1960's, Hudson's economic base had shrunk, and the city seemed to be clinging for its very life to the headland.

In order to maintain the illusion of a successful system, the government continued to pass large numbers of students, even though their base of knowledge was shrinking precipitately.