substantial decline

collocation in English

meaningsofsubstantialanddecline

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substantial
adjective
uk
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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decline
noun[S or U]
uk
/dɪˈklaɪn/us
/dɪˈklaɪn/
when something becomes less in amount, importance, quality, ...
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(Definition ofsubstantialanddeclinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They have brought about asubstantialdeclinein the risk of poverty among the old.
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The later adolescent years showed asubstantialdeclinein anxiety and depressive disorder and symptoms of both personality disorders in this group.
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However, higher sensitivity can only be achieved with asubstantialdeclinein specificity.
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During the 1970s there was asubstantialdecline, especially in political experience.
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The immediate impact of intervention on the traditional irrigation system was asubstantialdeclinein people's (resource users) participation in irrigation activities.
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This is largely due to asubstantialdecline(30%) in marital fertility.
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By 1970 this percentage had declined by nearly 9 points, which is asubstantialdeclinewithin such a short period of time.
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With nearly unchanged private savings and unchanged transfers from abroad, the fertilizer/pesticide subsidy is financed from asubstantialdeclinein investment.
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All the sample villages experiencedsubstantialdeclinein water levels in open wells over the last five years (table 7).
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There is no indication that lack of resources impedes membership of sports or social clubs, but thesubstantialdeclinein the membership rate with increasing age clearly needs further investigation.
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There was asubstantialdeclinein per capita arable land (by 47%), resulting from the combination of a high population-growth rate and a slight decrease in the village's arable land.
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In all cultures studied, there is a peak in crying frequency at approximately 6 weeks of life, and asubstantialdeclinein crying frequency by 12 weeks.
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The stability was caused by asubstantialdeclinein demand from 1968 to 1970.
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Official figures are not available for recent months, but information from the trade indicates asubstantialdeclinein exports compared with last year.
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It allows it to pay for the road later when its roads programme will, in any case, be insubstantialdecline.
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Over the period as a whole there is nosubstantialdecline, but a steady level with a dip in the middle of 1952.
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These included a furthersubstantialdeclinein coalmining, a small decline in metal manufacture and no change in shipbuilding and marine engineering.
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It may change, but it is here for the moment and there has been asubstantialdeclinein the term market.
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On the other hand, imports of chilled beef showed a verysubstantialdecline.
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What we must deplore is thesubstantialdeclinein standards and in public morality.
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