The scores continued to drop for 16 years and have remained low ever since.

She dropped out of the sport for two years, struggling with various personal and legal problems.

Applications to medical schools have dropped steadily for 10 years.

The program had been dropped for seven years in the 1970s, but returned at a lower level.

The marriage, her third, ended in divorce, and she dropped out of sight for two years.

Then she dropped out - for 10 years, more or less.

People have been watching prices drop for more than two years now.

The enrollment has been dropping for 10 years from a peak of 10,000 students.

In March it dropped by a full percentage point, its biggest drop for more than two years.

Then I went to architecture school, became obsessed and dropped the fishing for 30 years.