Further, there is some likelihood that population will actually decline before 2100.

In fact, that share had been declining since 1996, even before the Asian financial crisis.

The Energy Department says gasoline prices should decline a bit before next fall.

Glasgow had probably been declining as a university before his arrival, but students now began to attend in large numbers.

However, as the mines played out, the city declined even before a devastating fire in 1917.

He also noted that the overall crime rate had been declining before the law's passage.

Others had generally declined a century or two before European encounter.

His health declined some time before his death on 4 March 1719.

Rhyolite began to decline before the final closing of the mine.

Their stock declined even before last month's global downturn; several recent acquisition attempts failed.