The main difficulty of his work stemmed from the lack of access provided by the authorities of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, which had declined to accept his mandate.

Tom declined to give details.

Counsel declined.

I should've declined.

A hospital spokesman declined to comment on the boy's condition.

The number of civilian jobs declined from 44,062 to 43,415.

The figure for males declined slightly from 1.0 to 0.91 .

These declined owing to the crisis of the mid 1990s.

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On the contrary, ODA has declined.

In contrast, deaths due to lung cancer have declined significantly among men.

The number of social assistance recipients has declined.

They will swear to you that you may accept them. But even if you accept them, God does not accept the wicked people.

They will swear to you that you may accept them. But even if you accept them, God does not accept the wicked people.

When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined

When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined

He declined to do so, preferring instead to obtain a judgement that he could appeal.

Violence has declined dramatically over the last 500 years.

Of the ones that stayed, their reproductive rate declined.

Since the sales of oil products declined, Korean exports to America decreased by 11.8 .

The caseload declined from 6,103 to 3,927 (35.6 percent) in this period of time.

Female illiteracy has been reduced to acceptable levels, and school dropout rates have declined.

Real GDP per capita (in 1992 prices) declined from 890 to 116 in 2004.

The number of people receiving Social Assistance in PEI declined steadily from 1994 to 2004.

The Court then afforded the parties the opportunity to present new evidence, which they declined.

She refused to accept the money.

She had to accept her fate.

I'm prepared to accept the consequences.

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Sales have since declined and the Investment Fund is now empty.

United States imports increased rapidly in 1998, after which they declined to 32.7 Mt. in 2004.

The rate has declined since the base year from 73 to 38 per 1,000 live births.

He refuses to accept his old age.

Tom is prepared to accept the consequences.

This body decided not to accept them.

That number has declined from the 1.6 million peak registered in 1993.

They will plead on oath that you accept them. Even if you accept them, remember God does not accept people who are disobedient.

They will plead on oath that you accept them. Even if you accept them, remember God does not accept people who are disobedient.

The ratio of debt service to exports for these countries has declined to an average of 10 per cent.

Contributions made to WFP declined by 11 per cent, from 3.7 billion in 2003 to 3.3 billion in 2004.

In New Brunswick, the social assistance caseload declined from 28,200 in December 2000 to 25,400 in December 2004.

The number of deaths from maternal and neonatal tetanus declined from 248,000 in 1997 to 180,000 in 2002.

The number of those favouring the previous situation has in fact declined drastically.

So it's a very hard model to accept.

No more are we going to accept this.