| The number of people smoking has been falling for a decade, but the downward trend appears to have stopped. |
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| The question is, will the downward trend continue and are falling rental incomes a nationwide epidemic? |
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| The problem is that numbers of red grouse are in freefall, continuing a downward trend witnessed over the past 20 years or more. |
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| The statistics reflect a continuing downward trend in overall crime rates during the past three years. |
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| Time will tell if this is just a statistical anomaly or a blip in a downward trend. |
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| The next three-year strategy would aim to get crime back on a downward trend. |
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| These results have been broadly consistent with a slight downward trend for a generation. |
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| However, the one market niche bucking the downward trend this year has been that catering for first-time buyers. |
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| He said construction inflation was on a downward trend and prices for tenders were coming down steadily. |
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| The general downward trend in enrollment noted by the interviewees is consistent with the downward trend in graduates cited previously. |
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| With prudent money management you can beat the downward trend in rates and earn a good return on your savings. |
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| New figures to be published this week are expected to confirm the downward trend in house price inflation. |
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| This downward trend in production could result in a decrease in the broadcast of original peak time television drama during upcoming seasons. |
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| Let us also remember that this sudden increase, following a several-year downward trend, is not a first. |
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| In fact, the downward trend in the occupancy rate seen in the first quarter of 2010 has turned around. |
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| It seems to me to be a bit simplistic to expect that adding advance polling days will reverse the strong downward trend in voter turnout. |
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| However, in our opinion, this is a minor measure that will not correct the strong downward trend in voter turnout. |
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| The downward trend in the average price per carat for synthetic diamonds eased off, and prices stabilised at their normal long-term level. |
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| While the debt is on a downward trend, the stock of outstanding debt that is exposed to interest rate changes remains very large. |
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| The daily chart may present a good opportunity to get into the downward trend. |
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| This downward trend can only be partly attributed to weather-related developments in fruit and vegetable prices. |
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| Tables 2.6a and 2.6b show that government transfer income is continuing a downward trend as a proportion of total community income. |
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| This downward trend, which meant we hit rock bottom at Athens in 2004, is something we aim to stop. |
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| We intend to keep this downward trend going in the upcoming years, until poverty has been wiped out in our country. |
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| Oilseed markets have been slipping lower, an obvious trend for the past number of weeks for canola, but soybeans have joined the downward trend. |
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| It is hoped that the downward trend will turn around with a modally integrated supply chain as set out in the gateway. |
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| And there seems to be a downward trend in the proportion of students who spend five or more evenings per week out with friends. |
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| High unemployment in the European Union concerns all of us, especially now that the downward trend does not seem to be persisting. |
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| The EUR remains on a downward trend as the market has been redirected to worries over Greece. |
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| And let us not forget that, in a long-term perspective, real agricultural prices continue to follow a downward trend. |
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| The courts will undoubtedly be influenced by this downward trend in sentencing. |
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| Despite the grueling downward trend the JPY experienced last week against its currency counterparts, the Yen now appears to be flattening out. |
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| The downward trend in IMR continued during these years in virtually every country. |
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| This may give traders the incentive to be short on this pair and continue to ride the long term downward trend. |
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| The daily chart shows the price has made a significant downward move back inline with its long term downward trend. |
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| In fact, Michigan started the downward trend in takings jurisprudence. |
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| However, in spite of the same downward trend, Canadian prices fluctuated noticeable less, from year to year, than those in the United States. |
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| In 2002, the SEB share price put in a strong performance, by contrast with a general downward trend in stockmarket indexes. |
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| Again, our greatest concern is the downward trend in smolt survival at sea. |
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| Lingering holdouts against the broad downward trend, like France, are finally capitulating. |
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| With few exceptions, noticeably the larger and more expensive inboard cruisers, new boat sales have been on a steady downward trend for more than a decade. |
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| However, experts say the downward trend is reversing in Japan, partly because of demands by major employers, which are seeking to globalize. |
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| Norway and Switzerland, among others, reported a downward trend in the overall share of non-motorised movements in their self reviews. |
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| The Netherlands: The capacity of the cutter fleet has not followed the downward trend of the plaice and sole stocks. |
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| This downward trend is largely attributable to a low fertility rate and net migration to other provinces. |
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| Industrial confidence indexes are still at low levels and production still shows a downward trend. |
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| It was his intention to continue this downward trend in the future. |
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| That is to say that his study results showed a continuous downward trend, and he finished the last semester with four failing grades. |
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| Between 1998 and 2003 a slight downward trend was evidenced, however, it is too soon to tell if this trend will be sustained or even accelerate. |
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| It seems to be intrinsic to domestic politics of every variety that a certain dismal downward trend emerges, characterized by sloth, despondency and complacency. |
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| Secondly, the production and consumption of ATS has levelled off, with a clear downward trend in North America and, to a lesser degree, Europe. |
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| After firming up in February, prices of arabicas followed a downward trend until the end of October. |
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| However, recreational fishing participation rates have been on a downward trend in most provinces and territories. |
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| It is noteworthy that these figures display a steady downward trend. |
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| Moreover the study had noted a slight percentage increase in the consumption of tranquillisers or sedatives, whereas there was a downward trend in the consumption of other medicines. |
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| One hypothesis that may explain the recent downward trend in most-outstanding-player quality is the proliferation of underclassmen entering the N. B. A. draft. |
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| The release of U. K's Revised GDP at 9:30 GMT today is expected to show a slight improvement, however, if results are worse then expected the GDP may exacerbate its downward trend. |
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| Global equities markets have declined significantly since March 2008, with an increase in the downward trend witnessed from September onwards following the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. |
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| It is our contention that liberalisation of the railway sector in this way will halt the downward trend of freight transport by rail, and that more goods will be moved from road to rail. |
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| The chances are that, as soon as the Fed announces an end to rate hikes, the U. S. dollar's downward trend will start up again with renewed vigour to ease market fears regarding the blossoming U. S. current account deficit. |
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| This downward trend was partly linked to the fall in world prices during the decade and also to a poorly negotiated reconstruction policy and ineffective and costly price support policy. |
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| This income was higher than envisaged in 2003, but in spite of the recent economic upturn, we expect to see a downward trend over the coming quarters. |
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| It is essential that the downward trend in rail transport's market share be reversed, and we must be resolute in our efforts to achieve this, by building an open, competition-based market. |
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| The team also found animal agriculture operations like dairy, beef and hogs continued to decline across the province since 2001, but the downward trend is more dramatic in the greenbelt. |
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| Trend data for Oceania suggest stabilization at lower levels, after cannabis use had fallen for several years, though there are some indications that the downward trend in the region actually continued. |
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| However, when Canadian respondents to another survey were asked to rate their health satisfaction relative to other people of the same age, this downward trend disappears. |
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| Since the January inflation hiccup was largely the result of one-off or temporary factors, headline inflation is expected to renew rapidly with the downward trend observed in the second part of last year. |
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| It would be premature, however, to categorize this as a downward trend. |
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| But the Government's measures are putting underlying UK inflation on a downward trend and the headline figures look set to fall over the next few months. |
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| The downward trend in the population growth rate is accounted for by the decline in the birth rate, which is greater than the decline in the mortality rate. |
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| There is a general downward trend in the number of approved applications for Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan, and a general upward trend for Ontario, Alberta, Prince Edward Island and the Yukon. |
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| Despite its recent rise, the rupee will continue its downward trend in 2009 as foreign exchange earnings remain low due to the slowdown of the tourism sector. |
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| With recent market optimism, traders may continue to see a small downward trend in the U. S. Dollar as its positions are unwound in exchange for higher yielding assets. |
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| Fourth, its austerity policies can be linked to a reversal in the long-term downward trend in suicides, which have increased most where welfare cuts have been most severe. |
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| Civil society groups in Buchanan expressed concern that the rapid retrenchment of a large number of workers could reverse the downward trend in violent crime. |
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| This downward trend was caused mainly by the ongoing steep decline in energy prices throughout 1998 but also, in the second half of the year, by a decline in the rate of increase of unprocessed food prices. |
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| Putting emissions on a long-term downward trend will require a strong commitment to the development and deployment of clean energy technologies, such as carbon capture and storage. |
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| But the results of the post-season trawl surveys indicate that recruitment will be lower, and that this downward trend will continue for at least three years. |
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| Levels of persistent toxic chemicals present in the tissues of fish and wildlife have shown a downward trend, although they levelled off somewhat in the mid-1990s and some chemicals now show a slight increase. |
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| In addition, the global economic downturn added extra strains, as the company began seeing a downward trend in product pricing coupled with rising production costs. |
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| Still, the New York numbers indicate a sharp downward trend. |
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| Demand is lumpy and cyclical with a downward trend. |
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| A return to a slightly downward trend seems inevitable, however. |
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| However, crime in Jamaica has recently shown a downward trend. |
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| The downward trend in the rate will bolster Latvian claims that the economy is now on a sustainable path after years of see-sawing macroeconomic data. |
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