| In the US the rapid rise in infections plateaued, then fell significantly and remains steady at the rate of 40,000 new infections a year. |
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| These percentages have remained static over the last three years, indicating that off-farm employment has plateaued. |
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| But now the market has plateaued, the need to sell off-plan becomes even more pressurised. |
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| Technological progress with desktop computers and office software has plateaued in recent years, with little eye-opening innovation. |
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| His early success has plateaued and he will be looking to use tonight as a springboard into the pre-election period. |
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| And while local coal consumption has plateaued, coal exports have continued to boom. |
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| All physical symptoms improved substantially in the first month of antidepressant use but plateaued during the course of the study. |
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| There is recent evidence that in the UK the high prevalence figures for asthma have plateaued, but this is not true of other allergic conditions like nut and latex allergy. |
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| Primary energy consumption has more or less plateaued at a high level for the last 15 years. |
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| For example, he recognizes that the industry has plateaued at about a billion dollars. |
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| However, recently aid levels have plateaued and the government is showing signs of faltering on that commitment. |
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| However, since that time the pace of improvement has slowed and perhaps plateaued. |
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| Between 1994 and 2003, the total fertility rate plateaued at 3.3 children per woman. |
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| There are few signs that the workload has plateaued, and there is no evidence that it is decreasing. |
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| Following four quarters of double-digit growth in 1994, profit levels in 1995 plateaued at historically high levels. |
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| The population is relatively flat, because the birth rates have plateaued. |
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| Rates have plateaued in the last 5 years, suggesting that further prevention strategies beyond Pap screening may be necessary. |
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| The Fund's portfolio is built from the bottom-up as new companies replace holdings whose growth has plateaued. |
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| With a dearth of planets in your sign, it may feel like life has plateaued. |
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| While SOAs plateaued federally at 20 agencies, many provinces and some cities adapted the concept successfully. |
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| In the last few years, with the exception of a dip in 2002, the number of seizures seems to have plateaued at about 1.3 million cases. |
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| Broadband penetration may have plateaued, at nearly two-thirds of households. |
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| The member also indicated that the industry had plateaued and may even be in a decline. |
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| Growth in aquaculture increased rapidly in 1990s when the rate of wild capture plateaued. |
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| The Middle Atlas is the westernmost of three Atlas Mountains chains that define a large, plateaued basin extending eastward. |
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| Short-term disability benefits are all income benefits during the initial period after the injury, before the injury has stabilized, plateaued or consolidated. |
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| While the numbers of cases dropped dramatically in December and early January, they have now plateaued and there are fears that the disease may not be totally eradicated. |
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| To suggest that he would not have been aware that his team had plateaued is to do him an injustice but he might have expected a deal more from experienced cricketers. |
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| China's appetite for coal has plateaued, the coal price has sagged and Minemex, the firm that operates the mine, has given workers longer lunch breaks, without pay. |
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| Housing starts plateaued in 2007 at 48,000 units and this year we anticipate an outright retrenchment with starts expected to drop by 10,000 units. |
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| Over the past seven years the rate of improvement has plateaued. |
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| Subsequent research on Internet access through to 1999-2000 showed that while there had been growth in home access for all socio-economic groups, a digital divide still persisted and levels of access had indeed plateaued. |
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| Funds earmarked for education have either plateaued or are not growing at a sufficient rate to keep up with technological andmethodological advances. |
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| The overall use of antidepressants and the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors increased sharply from 1996 to 2004, when both trends plateaued. |
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