"If new projects wind up being half empty, the level and the quality of service that residents are promised when they move in will decline."

The level of the water in the channel was declining.

Similarly, national levels of PM10 declined by 28% between 1990 and 2007.

Vocations and the level of dedication to the life declined.

The level of competition has declined steadily for the past 50 years.

Although his level of play declined gradually after 1915, he again won the home run title in 1917 and 1918.

However, the level of education and infrastructure has declined sharply over the last 30 years.

When a college sets out to increase its enrollment, the academic level of entering students usually declines.

By 1985 the level declined to 22,200 new cases.

The level of panic declined as no new attacks developed.