Indicators of business and consumer confidence declined markedly, interbank lending spreads rose to new record levels and lending volumes fell to a trickle.

Good colours and sharpness overall declined markedly in low light.

The agency cited transport and telecoms as industries in which credit quality had declined markedly in recent years.

Amiable and articulate, with an individual sense of style, his appetite for rock stardom declined markedly in later years.

The smaller parties, which had been flourishing, all declined markedly, for different reasons.