Sentences with phrase «decline in quality»

However, there has been a steady decline in the quality of professional players.

If we as fans are unbiased we will accept that we have not been playing well this season and this is a culmination of a steady decline in the quality of our play.

After that, his films steadily declined in quality.

Some gamers say the horror genre has declined in quality over the last decade, and to an extent, those claims are true.

While still a seemingly great bargain, the recent shipment is a huge decline in quality.

Like most other smartphone cameras, these devices perform best in well - lit areas, with a noticeable decline in quality when moved into low - light situations.

Once a show has «jumped the shark» fans sense a noticeable decline in quality or feel the show has undergone too many changes to retain its original appeal.

The goal is to help show the data and accounts behind engagement on social platforms in an effort to combat the long - running decline in quality.

This product declined in quality dramatically and I think I will stop buying it.

The results suggest a marked decline in the quality of the fish catch.

In other words, the expansion in demand for skilled women outside teaching is not in itself enough to explain the observed declines in quality, as discussed below.

There are limits, though: after a decade or so, most wines will actually start declining in quality, losing their youthful character and bright edges.

But lately we have seen a greater decline in his quality of life.

I also disagree in saying that they were on some sort of massive decline in quality.

«Regardless of their condition, children with physical and mental health problems experience a significant decline in their quality of life within the first six months after receiving their diagnosis,» said researcher Mark Ferro.

Second Quest was promoted and published through a Kickstarter campaign, the seed for which was planted by an essay written by Tevis Thompson about how the Zelda series has been declining in quality since the early games.

Since then we have slowly iver time declined in the quality of football and players we have and now we don't seem to have any vocal leaders on the pitch.

The acting has taken a strong decline in quality, with Sean Bean being the only saving grace of the film and he's mostly just a cameo appearance that drives the story, but doesn't actually help it.

It seemed to completely drop the elements that made the game decline in quality throughout the years, like shoddy controls and wonky camerawork, and violently embraced the spirit of adventure and danger that made Lara Croft famous in the first place.

They have not gained any of the stale and painful lethargy that has put pressure on Arsene Wenger and seen a real decline in the quality of Arsenal's play as well as any sense of optimism at the Emirates.

If you buy a house, but never maintain it, spend no money on repairs, then over time that house declines in quality.

But that last day was a sign of what was to come, as the side quickly declined in quality and Dougie began to look more and more helpless.

We have seen a totally predictable decline in the quality of the football during that time... A significant change is required in 2015 if Blackpool FC is to be rescued from ignominious decline.»

Shedd Aquarium is saddened to announce the passing of one of its most iconic and beloved animal residents and longest - lived of any fish in a zoological setting in the world — Granddad, a male Australia lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) who was humanely euthanized Sunday due to a rapid decline in quality of life associated with old age.

Yes, the main cause of government incompetence since 1997 has been the appalling decline in the quality of the British civil service, but it is not simply over-centralisation, targets or lack of executive skills.

And with U.S. iron ore declining in quality — a drop from as much as 60 percent iron during World War II to as little as 25 percent per metric ton of ore — the energy demand is only increasing.

Baby Talk plays like «Look Who's Talking XII,» as if the producers just skipped right over the inevitable decline in quality to be expected in a long series of sequels and dove straight for the dregs at the bottom of the barrel.

So The Cloverfield Paradox is their space movie with one metaphysical concept, but these are also declining in quality.

What we are worried about: While the Insidious franchise is better than most horror franchises, there has been a definitive decline in quality over the course of the series.

Absent persuasive evidence on the impact of efforts to raise the bar, some people have speculated that the rise of test - based accountability associated with NCLB and the ongoing push to establish more - rigorous teacher evaluation systems have made teaching less attractive and thereby contributed to further decline in the quality of the teaching corps.

Indeed, by removing some of the most talented students and involved parents from P.S. 121, the busing program contributed to the school's severe decline in quality in the ensuing years — a pattern repeated in many urban schools with low - income, minority student populations.

The decreases occurred even though overall appropriations for education research increased in the same period, according to Lois - ellin Datta, director of human - services program evaluation for the gao She said the situation had improved only marginally since the agency reported a signficant decline in the quality and quantity of federal education data nearly two years ago.

Contrary to that, however, were the Chrysler 300M and LHS, which declined in quality after strong launches.

The breed declined in quality and numbers after the imperial hunts were ended, but a few pure descendants were kept in isolated monasteries and wealthy households.

Yet in a study from England, an increase in body condition score of dogs to the overweight or obese category resulted in a measurable decline in quality of life.

I would say Rare's decline in quality began a bit before they were bought by Microsoft, so I think their output would have been of a similar level of quality had they been bought by Nintendo.

What this has lead to is a sharp decline in the quality of proposals and an increase in the number of submissions, simply because so many must be submitted each year.

This will minimize cost while protecting against inflated acceptance rates and decline in quality standards.

The iPads still have a wider selection of tablet - optimized apps, but the gaps are narrowing, and Android users won't notice, as they once would have, a serious decline in quality transitioning from iOS to Android.

If you live in America (or even if you don't), it's become quite clear that there has been a slow, long decline in the quality...

Results for attachment to father were opposite, with a linear decline in quality for boys, and a nonlinear development for girls.

A recent study of parent — child interactions in preterm infants found that maternal positive affect and involvement declined in quality over time, but this decline was not as steep for children who exhibited better vagal regulation (Poehlmann et al., 2011).

I didn't realize then that my experience in California was the beginning of 30 years of slow but steady decline in the quality of candidates we were attracting and preparing to teach in our schools.

What's also evident is that since the series has left Acquire (the original developer), the games have been steadily declining in quality, culminating in some truly terrible portable installments.