In consequence, the private rental sector declined yet growth in social housing did not increase to compensate.

This sector declined sharply after independence from Portugal, but has been developed, although it is still performing well below potential.

The private rented sector has declined considerably throughout the century.

Both sectors had declined in production during the Second Five-Year Plan.

Traditionally, when a leading sector of the economy declined, it often pulled the rest of the economy with it.

As a result, the corporate sector of Pakistan has declined dramatically in recent times.

The agricultural sector declined precipitously in the 1980s.

"They haven't penetrated the growth industries, and the sectors in which they were strongest have all declined."

Inevitably, this sector will decline somewhat in the short term as the economic crisis continues to set in.

Even as the retail sector and the population declined, the grain storage and loading facilities were expanded.