The railways entered a slow decline owing to a lack of investment and changes in transport policy and lifestyles.

This included the rise of the European Union, an issue which was already a source of friction within the Conservative Party owing to its importance in the decline and fall of Margaret Thatcher.

Recent years have seen a drastic decline in the coral population in the gulf, partially owing to global warming but majorly due to irresponsible dumping by Arab states like UAE and Bahrain.

The economic history of Argentina is one of the most studied, owing to the " Argentine paradox ", its unique condition as a country which had achieved advanced development in the early 20th century but experienced a reversal, which inspired a wealth of literature and analyses on the causes of this decline.

The school operated until 1993 when it closed owing to changing educational patterns in Scotland causing a decline in enrollment.

Daylight Again was initially undertaken by Stills and Nash alone owing to Crosby ’ s subsequent decline in productivity ; however, Atlantic Record executives refused to release the latter LP until Crosby was reinstated.

He appealed against his conviction and was released while the case was reconsidered, during which time he recorded what was intended to be his comeback album, but owing to contractual wrangling and the decline of his appeal, it was not released until 2008 ( as Nineteen Sixty Six ).

The Poor Law system fell into decline at the beginning of the 20th century owing to factors such as the introduction of the Liberal welfare reforms and the availability of other sources of assistance from friendly societies and trade unions, as well as piecemeal reforms which bypassed the Poor Law system.

The ' Mumbles Mile ' began to decline in popularity during the 1990s, owing to pressure from the local council and increased competition from Swansea's night attractions.

The Fortunes of Richard Mahony is Richardson's famous trilogy about the slow decline, owing to character flaws and an unnamed brain disease, of a successful Australian physician and businessman and the emotional / financial effect on his family.

Its decline was probably owing to the increasing prosperity of the neighbouring city of Tyndaris.

Although these road pricing changes helped their survival, the railways entered a period of slow decline, owing to a lack of investment and changes in transport policy and lifestyles.

When a new coalition Government was formed in 1982 ( which would last until 1987 ) Dooge declined re-appointment to the post owing to the decline of his sight.

Michigan's economy had been losing jobs since 2000, largely owing to the decline in the American manufacturing sector.

The Church Hill neighborhood experienced serious physical decline during the 1950s, owing mostly to absentee landlords.

The industry was to decline in the first half of the 19th century, however, owing to the introduction of mechanical looms.

In recent years, there has been a notable decline in the use of the name of Hanley by officialdom, owing to the town's increasing role as a city centre.

Grosseto steadily grew in importance owing to the decline of Rusellae and Vetulonia until it was one of the principal Tuscan cities.

A slight decline has been under way since 1943, owing to labor and material shortages but it will be accelerated as reconversion proceeds.

There had been a decline in population during the 1830s owing to the removal of workmen who had been engaged on the rebuilding and enlargement of Brancepeth Castle, with the population falling to 427.

With the advent of modernism, and perchance owing to the decline of traditional Chinese values reinforced through Taoism, filial piety and thus such practices have almost vanished.

With the decline of shipping as a transport mode, owing to better roads and rail, and the closing of the North Coast Steam Navigation Company ( the major shipping firm of the area ) in 1954, the river became less important as a port.

Ergo: the tree's decline in western Europe is chiefly owing to woodland clearance in river valleys, not disease.

Evidence from phase 2 clinical trials suggested that clioquinol could halt cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease, possibly owing to its ability to act as a chelator for copper and zinc ions.

* 1978 – Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first post-Depression era city to default on its loans, owing $ 14, 000, 000 to local banks.

The meat has a specific taste and can be preserved in the course of several years, owing much to the process of making and the local climatic conditions.

The use of compression brake alone however produces a loud and distinctive noise, and owing to noise pollution, some local municipalities have prohibited or restricted the use of engine brake systems inside their jurisdictions, particularly in residential areas.

However, plantation owners and merchants of British descent still dominated local politics, owing to the high-income qualification required for voting.

On arriving in Verona, Sharon Tate learned that she had become a local celebrity owing to the publication of a photograph of her in a bathing suit on the cover of the military newspaper Stars and Stripes.

However, owing to Russia's economic troubles, the reservoir still remains a source of fish and other food products for many hard-pressed local residents.

There are about 30 to 40 species of Ulmus ( elm ); the ambiguity in number results from difficulty in delineating species, owing to the ease of hybridization between them and the development of local seed-sterile vegetatively propagated microspecies in some areas, mainly in the field elm ( Ulmus minor ) group.

This came about when Los Alamos County was created ; the land that became the exclave would have been part of Los Alamos but was excluded owing to its sacred status among the local Indians.

Miami International Airport is the largest gateway between the United States and Latin America, and is one of the largest airline hubs in the United States, owing to its proximity to tourist attractions, local economic growth, large local Latin American and European populations, and strategic location to handle connecting traffic between North America, Latin America, and Europe.

Despite the losses in tax revenues owing to construction of the bypass, the local government continues to operate through cost-saving, cooperative efforts with Middle Paxton Township.

Jointly funded by local adverts and local and national grants, Mearns FM has one of the largest listening areas of any community radio station owing to the Mearns ' distributed population.

Their survival is owing to the isolation of the area, between the English Channel and the South Downs, and the assiduous efforts of local authorities to identify and remove infected sections of trees immediately when they show symptoms of the disease.

Siam had been composed of the network of cities according to the Mandala system codified by King Trailokanat in 1454, with local rulers owing tribute to Bangkok.

Hunter-gatherer societies tend to be relatively mobile, given their reliance upon the ability of a given natural environment to provide sufficient resources in order to sustain their population and the variable availability of these resources owing to local climatic and seasonal conditions.

Originally a chapel built in 1862, the Parish church was ordained in 1867 when the Parish of St Mary Walton in Walton-on-Thames was divided to reflect the increase in population owing to local industrialisation.

State schools are owned and operated by the local authorities which act as Education Authorities, and the compulsory phase is divided into primary school and secondary school ( often called High school, with the world's oldest high school being the Royal High School ( Edinburgh ) in 1505, and spread to the New World owing to the high prestige enjoyed by the Scottish educational system .).

In addition to local West Mid Scots, the dialect has Highland English and Hiberno-English influences, owing to the speech of Highlanders and Irish people, who migrated in large numbers to the Glasgow area in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The people of Murandy, much like the people of Altara, do not really consider themselves the residents of a nation, owing allegiance instead to a town or to a local lord.

Despite some possible local declines, the species is not the subject of significant conservation concerns owing to its large European population and an expansion of its range over the last century.

In Goa, India, chouriço has made a deep impact among the local Catholic community owing to 451 years of Portuguese rule.

But owing to his loyalty to Tarabai against Shahuji ( who was supported by more local satraps ), he was sidelined after arrival of Shahuji in 1707.