| 1 | The Dutch one declined, as the country' s industry did, in 1750-1800, to be wound up on the last day of the 18th century. | |
| 2 | This is a team that represents a failing state, and both the state and the team need help. | |
| 3 | The safe bet is a return to the status quo: comfortable decline in experienced hands. | |
| 4 | When the banking sphere, showbiz, the services industry pass to Beijing it will mean a true decline of the western world. | |
| 5 | This school of literature has since been on the wane. |
