These rules change with the growth or decline of a particular species.

The wind was already strong, and increased with the decline of day.

I'm afraid we're just going to have to live with our decline into third word status.

With the decline in population, a number of important village institutions found the going difficult.

Even with the recent decline, the Dow is up 19.3 percent for the year.

With the decline of industry, population has declined since 1940.

America's problem over the next 50 years will not be wrestling with decline.

With a decline in population, less land would be cultivated.

And, with the decline in their numbers, blue collar workers sometimes seem to be just another special interest group.

Last week, they fell from that spot, with a decline of 0.7 percent.