The number of social assistance recipients has declined.

The number of civilian jobs declined from 44,062 to 43,415.

That number has declined from the 1.6 million peak registered in 1993.

The number of those favouring the previous situation has in fact declined drastically.

Since then, the number of active peacekeeping operations being backstopped has not declined.

The number of cases accessing services has declined slightly in the past four years.

The number of patients declined from 369 in 1995 to just 42 in 1997.

The number of people receiving Social Assistance in PEI declined steadily from 1994 to 2004.

The number of nurses declined by 93 in 2000 (0.9 ) and by 247 (2.5 ) in 2001.

The number of visitors paying for tours of the United Nations had declined to 284,508 in 2002.

It was further reported that while the number of disappearances has reportedly declined, they continue to occur.

The number of women has declined in management, but has remained the same among technical and auxiliary personnel.

As the number of peacekeeping operations declined, the practice of borrowing from peacekeeping budgets was becoming increasingly risky.

The number of deaths from maternal and neonatal tetanus declined from 248,000 in 1997 to 180,000 in 2002.

A positive factor is that the number of TB patients who avoid treatment has declined in recent years.

In addition, the number of children receiving health care because of malnutrition had declined by 50 per cent.

(c) The number of surgeries performed in Cuba has declined because of shortages of modern anaesthetics and equipment

The average number of children per woman declined from 5.8 to 2.8 during the period from 1970 to 1991.

19. The agriculture sector declined further during the period under review. Cultivation in farming communities declined in 1997, owing to an insufficient number of fertile plots in the safe zone where this activity relocated.

In 2001, the number declined to 615 cases (31.3 per 1,000 live births). The proportion of extra uterine pregnancies has been declining, but the number remains high.

Between 2000 and 2005, the number of people on income assistance in Nova Scotia declined from 35,000 to 32,000.

So taboo number four you can't say that your average happiness has declined since having a child.

In 2001 the number of unemployed declined by 800 persons in rural areas, which lowered the unemployment rate to 13.4 .

During the past five years, the number of stateless persons had steadily declined, and it was currently down to 200,000.

The number of cruise ship passengers in the first three quarters of 1997 declined by 28.1 per cent (to 83,074).

The number of live births declined and the number of infants who died between birth and the age of six days increased in comparison to the situation in 2000.

The number of live births increased by 4.5 between 1999 and 2000, but then declined again by 2.7 in 2000.

The number of reports received declined in 1997 from their level in 1996 owing to the reduction in the number of personnel grievances presented to Office of Internal Oversight Services.

Counsel declined.

Overwriting declined

The number of countries reporting on depressants (mainly methaqualone, benzodiazapine tranquillizers and barbiturates), hallucinogens (including LSD) and synthetic narcotics generally declined after 1987.

The number of children living in families receiving Income Support in the province has declined significantly, from 25,000 in 2000 to 20,200 in 2003.

The proposal was unfortunately declined.

The number of people with a secondary medical education has declined ever since 1997, except in just two areas dental nurses and dental hygienists.

I should've declined.

The number of cases submitted to the Board had declined by 30 per cent by 2003 and by a further 14 per cent by 2004.

The number of closure days was less than in the previous reporting period, particularly in the West Bank, where the figure declined by more than half.

The number of closure days was less than in the previous reporting period, particularly in the West Bank, where the figure declined by more than half.

According to the same source, the number of detained or displaced persons has considerably declined in comparison with the previous year, when 391 cases were reported.

19. The number of offences motivated by xenophobia or right wing extremism that were committed in Hamburg declined between 1993 and 1994 ( 27 per cent).

76. Although the number of active to peacekeeping operations has declined from the peak period 1993 1995, a substantial amount of work is still being performed.

On the contrary, ODA has declined.

If a steady increase in the number of women is being noted in elected bodies, the trends with regard to executive bodies are ambiguous. The number of women in the higher echelons of executive authority has declined.

Since the implementation of the new concept of operations of UNFICYP in February 2005, the number of incidents had gradually declined and most were minor in nature.

This invitation was declined