I've been declining for more than seven years now, and am very near the end.

The number of local and state government jobs also has been declining for several years.

The population continued to decline for much of the 20th century and today is about 3,500.

Crime has now declined for seven and a half years.

The city's tax base has been declining for the past 30 years, he said.

Yet the city's population has been declining for years, down to 585,000 in 1992.

"I think it had just been declining for quite a while."

Wood was the natural choice, but he declined the job for several reasons.

Due to a lack of jobs the population declined for almost 50 years after that time.

"The average stock has been declining for the better part of the year," he said.