But the decline was accompanied by a slowdown in job creation.

In many such cases, a decline in the use of the literary language, sometimes precipitous, was later accompanied by a strong renewal.

That decline has been accompanied by an increase in black families with only a mother present - to 57 percent of those with children in 1985.

Its decline was accompanied by the growth of other Czech mass parties.

This decline was accompanied by a substantial exodus of this age group from the county: 42,123 left, a more than 20 percent decrease.

"This decline in acute-care capacity will be accompanied by a reduction in the hospital work force," it said.

The decline in stocks was accompanied by a fall in the value of the dollar, which on Friday reached a 20-month low against the euro.

The economic decline of this period was not accompanied by a corresponding decline of the arts.

The decline of cotton spinning was accompanied by high farce.

A long-term decline is accompanied by population aging and creates an increase in the ratio of retirees to workers and children.