I.verbCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a level falls/goes down/decreases
▪ Pollution levels have fallen slightly.
a number falls/drops/goes down/decreases/declines
▪ The number of new houses being built is falling steadily.
a population falls/declines/decreases
▪ The population in many rural areas has continued to fall.
a price goes down/falls/decreases
▪ In real terms, the price of clothes has fallen over the last ten years.
consumption falls/decreases/goes down
▪ Coal consumption has fallen dramatically.
decrease/fall by half (=become 50% less)
▪ Share prices fell by half.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
▪ The strength of cast iron also decreases less rapidly with temperature.
▪ Of course, the required centripetal force also decreases as we make the radius of the circle bigger.
▪ We have also shown for the first time such treatment also decreases basal gastric acid secretion significantly.
gradually
▪ The laxative dose was gradually decreased after two to three months to a dose that maintained one bowel movement daily.
▪ Some patients experience a slow decline in their health as the effectiveness of the drugs gradually decreases.
▪ Under such circumstances the frequency with which you visited the pub would be likely to decrease gradually over time.
▪ The sum needed to cover the gap would gradually decrease each year as proceeds from parental trust funds phase into the system.
▪ In the other group, they gradually decreased the lighting level one foot candle at the time.
significantly
▪ Other key findings include: Rice yields are likely to decrease significantly.
▪ After preoperative radiotherapy the percentage of aneuploid tumours decreased significantly, from 71% to 47%.
▪ Discussion Our current results confirm that treatment which both heals duodenal ulcers and eradicates H pylori significantly decreases basal plasma gastrin concentrations.
▪ In the present study tissue type plasminogen activator activity in columnar carcinomas of the stomach, however, was significantly decreased.
steadily
▪ Blacks, in steadily decreasing numbers, continued to serve in the Legislature for the next 20 years.
■ NOUN
activity
▪ This lack of oxygen decreases the activity of micro-organisms which break down detergents.
▪ If time of incubation is cut, decreased activity will be seen.
▪ Both schizophrenia and mood disorders show evidence of decreased activity in frontal lobes and abnormal function of the system for directed attention.
▪ The binding of the enzyme-labeled drug to the antibody causes a steric alteration that results in decreased enzyme activity.
▪ The increased cholinergic and decreased dopaminergic activity in the striatum is thought to be a cause of the parkinsonian state.
amount
▪ If all goes well, our own production of cholesterol should decrease in relation to the amount we take in from outside.
▪ Was that due to decreased amounts of cholesterol in the cancer cells?
▪ You could exercise to increase the amount of lean muscle tissue and decrease the amount of fat in your body.
▪ What happens when you decrease the amount of salt by adding more fresh water?
▪ They say salting improves the texture and decreases the amount of oil absorbed during cooking.
▪ You can solve that problem by increasing the number of stocks you invest in and decreasing the amount per stock.
disease
▪ Because survival rates decrease dramatically as the disease progresses, early detection is key, Dressler says.
increase
▪ Calculate a percentage of a sum of money. Increase or decrease a sum of money by a given percentage.
▪ The total cost curve increases at a decreasing rate over some range and then begins to increase at an increasing rate.
▪ Second, there is the issue of the increase or decrease in overtly exploitative, degrading and violent forms of sexuality.
▪ The problem becomes more difficult for older adults as calcium needs increase while calorie needs decrease.
▪ As the vehicle approaches, the pitch of its siren increases and then it decreases as the vehicle speeds past.
▪ In iron deficiency anemia complicated by other disorders which either increase serum iron or decrease the.
▪ There are positive and negative reinforcers which increase and decrease this rate of occurrence respectively.
level
▪ Wage levels have risen and the absorptive capacity of industry has decreased.
▪ Of these six hormones, insulin is the only one that decreases the blood glucose level.
▪ It decreases our levels of tolerance and resilience.
▪ Moreover, few patients, if any, have their cholesterol decreased to very low levels with drug treatment.
▪ Constant wetting makes nails soft and opaque, and chemical detergents and varnish removers decrease levels of moisture in the nail.
▪ Short recordings of classical music caused their activity to decrease, sometimes to levels half of that before the music started.
▪ In the other group, they gradually decreased the lighting level one foot candle at the time.
▪ Production costs will decrease as the required level of stock is reduced.
number
▪ But the young fish still suffer and stocks are dwindling, so that fish-eating birds such as the reef egret are decreasing in numbers.
▪ And a continuing -- although decreasing -- number hunt the wild animals that remain plentiful.
▪ Blacks, in steadily decreasing numbers, continued to serve in the Legislature for the next 20 years.
▪ By 1919 the number of soldiers began to decrease and the numbers of unemployed to increase.
▪ The folds of fat decreased in number and size.
numbers
▪ But the young fish still suffer and stocks are dwindling, so that fish-eating birds such as the reef egret are decreasing in numbers.
▪ Blacks, in steadily decreasing numbers, continued to serve in the Legislature for the next 20 years.
▪ By 1919 the number of soldiers began to decrease and the numbers of unemployed to increase.
percent
▪ Rainfall in the Sahel has decreased by around 30 percent.
▪ Robberies were down 9. 4 percent, burglaries decreased 2. 4 percent.
▪ Over the same period, pesticide use has decreased by 47 percent.
▪ The percentage of poultry meat may decrease to 50 percent if statement is made of the percentage of broth. 6.
▪ Over the same period the percentage derived from earnings has decreased from 27 percent to 9 percent.
pressure
▪ Accordingly, we tested the hypothesis that postoperative pain decreases subcutaneous oxygen partial pressure.
▪ Then slowly decrease the finger pressure, ending with about twenty seconds of light touch.
▪ As it passes through the device, the water decreases in pressure, sucking more water into pipes.
▪ The remaining strategies are designed to decrease the overload and pressure themselves.
▪ If the rise in unemployment has mercifully decreased, the pressure on wage restraints will have lessened.
rate
▪ Pure alcohol injection after an epinephrine injection tended to decrease the rebleeding rate in our series.
▪ The total cost curve increases at a decreasing rate over some range and then begins to increase at an increasing rate.
▪ Some banks, such as the Woolwich, have even been stealthily decreasing rates on savings accounts.
▪ However, the numbers are decreasing as the birth rate decreases generally.
▪ The result is important since it decreases the rate of bladder filling during the night and allows us to sleep longer.
▪ There are positive and negative reinforcers which increase and decrease this rate of occurrence respectively.
risk
▪ More nuclear weapons, properly shared out, might decrease the risk of global war.
▪ In addition, income security for a long period decreases the risks associated with the investment.
size
▪ Thus settling appeared to decrease the spread of sizes as estimated from sieving.
▪ I think the president came into office committed, correctly, to decreasing the size of government.
▪ The iris reacts quickly to changes in light levels, dilating or contracting, enlarging or decreasing the size of the pupil.
▪ The folds of fat decreased in number and size.
time
▪ The treatment can decrease the time it takes the body to remove the lactic acid build-up in your muscles.
▪ That finding suggests that hospitals trying to boost patient satisfaction must do more than merely decrease waiting times.
▪ Under such circumstances the frequency with which you visited the pub would be likely to decrease gradually over time.
▪ Contrary to mathematical expectation, the presence of Rupa and Dullah did not decrease the loading time by two thirds.
▪ Internally the value of the rouble decreased seventy-two times with regard to goods during 1922.
▪ They also delay sleep onset, increase the chances of waking after sleep onset occurs, and decrease total sleep time.
▪ The aim is not to increase the community nurses' workload but rather to decrease time spent chasing the social work team.
▪ Normally, some records are accessed more frequently than others, and this tendency can be used to decrease average access time.
■ VERB
tend
▪ Pure alcohol injection after an epinephrine injection tended to decrease the rebleeding rate in our series.
▪ Rising incomes may also tend to decrease demands for used clothing and third-hand automobiles.
▪ If a development ceases, staff morale and confidence would tend to decrease.
▪ Acidemia tends to decrease potassium excretion, and alkalemia tends to increase potassium excretion.
▪ Average response speed tended to decrease over a period of twenty minutes in sleep-deprived subjects, unlike in rested controls.
▪ Conversely, expectations of falling prices and income will tend to decrease the current demand for products.
▪ Costs tend to decrease as expertise in accessing data develops.
▪ Quarrelsomeness tended to decrease as children got older.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Better health education should help to decrease the incidence of heart disease.
▪ Birth control pills decrease the chances of getting pregnant.
▪ Experts say that the time parents spend with their children is decreasing.
▪ Sales in Japan decreased last quarter.
▪ The speed of rotation gradually decreases to zero.
▪ Use of the new nets has significantly decreased the number of dolphins killed accidentally each year.
▪ Various methods are being explored in order to decrease the volume of traffic on our roads.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Histamine secretion was decreased about sixfold in all groups at day 7 compared with day 3.
▪ Other complications of pregnancy were found to decrease almost linearly with age of women.
▪ Supplementary dietary phosphate decreased the fatty acid concentration only on the low calcium diet.
▪ Texaco had lifted capital spending 11 % last year, after decreasing it in 1993 and 1994.
▪ The second possibility is for supply to decrease and demand to increase.
▪ Their use decreased slightly in September, to 149 reported instances.
▪ They also delay sleep onset, increase the chances of waking after sleep onset occurs, and decrease total sleep time.
▪ This will increase rather than decrease pollution.
II.nounCOLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
large
▪ The largest percentage decrease in mortality during these three decades is shown by women aged 75 - 84.
▪ The specialisms of geriatrics and orthopaedic surgery have recorded the largest decreases in average length of stay.
significant
▪ In addition there have been significant decreases in fertility over the same period.
▪ Access was already frustrated by an existing step and the additional minor increase in height made no real significant decrease in accessibility.
▪ The acute response to nicotine in these chronically treated rats was a significant decrease in gastric secretion.
▪ The patients not only showed an improved continence mechanism, but also reported a significant decrease in urgency.
▪ Since 1951 there has been a significant decrease in the labour force participation of older male workers.
▪ The addition of indomethacin resulted in a significant decrease in the radioactivity ratio between ulcerated and intact mucosa.
slight
▪ Even a slight decrease, a sensible diet, will get you the results you want.
small
▪ Most economists expect a small decrease in mid-2001.
▪ Further deletion to -90 and/ or -55 leads to a further small decrease in activity.
■ VERB
cause
▪ This will cause a decrease in the current supply of corn.
▪ Additionally, there will be an increased renal excretion of potassium causing a decrease of potassium in the extracellular fluid. 258.
increase
▪ Whether leisure time increases or decreases as wage rates rise is an empirical question.
▪ I pick behaviors that I want to increase or decrease.
▪ If these pressures increase or decrease dramatically how will this affect the stability of the society?
▪ That person's momentum has increased without any obvious decrease for another object.
lead
▪ This would lead to a decrease, in the initial stages, of the production of the means of consumption.
▪ This could result in the tissue ischaemia leading to the decrease in secretory activity of acinar cells.
result
▪ Changes in mortality rates will result in either a decrease or increase in prevalence according to the direction of change in mortality.
▪ Oxygen is consumed during these processes resulting in a decrease in PO2 levels.
show
▪ When the orbital period is plotted as a function of time it shows a steady decrease:.
▪ It focused on the fact that none of the trials showed a decrease in mortality within seven years of follow-up.
▪ If your graphs and charts are showing an overall decrease in weight, then you know you are eating the right amounts.
▪ The number of envelopes returned and the amount of cash donated both show a decrease on last year.
▪ Figures show that beer sales by volume have actually shown a decrease.
▪ The financial statement will be ready for the A.G.M. The donations from the general public show a decrease on previous years.
▪ A computer printout running constantly shows any increase or decrease in activity and the appropriate fluctuation in energy output.
▪ The profit and loss account shows the increase or decrease in the money held over the year.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a 5 percent decrease in the value of the dollar
▪ a significant decrease in the number of deaths from heart disease
▪ In the last five years there has been a significant decrease in the number of deaths from heart disease.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Fewer consumers will be reflected by a decrease in demand.
▪ It focused on the fact that none of the trials showed a decrease in mortality within seven years of follow-up.
▪ It forecast a decrease of 5,000 for 1987-88; in fact, the decrease was 7,800.
▪ Mechanization has not therefore necessarily involved any decrease in job satisfaction among farm workers.
▪ The Schirmer and break up time test confirmed a decrease of tear secretion.
▪ When resorption overtakes formation, the result is a decrease in bone density and strength.