Yet in the past 40 years its number has dropped by 1.6 million.

The market value of the four had dropped by $1.9 billion in the week.

The number dropped by four percent from 1980 to 1988.

The guy who had dropped by my place was still ahead of us.

The population was 1124 in 1981, but had dropped to 963 by 2001.

The work force soon dropped by 40 percent, to 730.

The economy has dropped by almost 40 to 50 percent.

Its population has dropped by a third since the middle of the last century.

Its population of young families dropped by about 20 percent in the 1990's.

Well, the reason I dropped by so early and all is.

Then we were on him, and I dropped over the side.

But that dropped to 44 percent among those 65 years of age and over.

"I should have dropped you over the side the first day out," he said.

The city's crime rate dropped over 50 percent during the same period.

This year, the number dropped to 2.23 million, a loss of nearly 10 percent over the five years.

Use of gold dropped just over 28 percent from 1982 to 1987.

It dropped over her head just as she reached the door.

Sales are likely to drop further over the next three years, says the report.

I looked back before we dropped over the next rise.

To be lost is to drop over the edge of the world.

However, the state dropped the idea in the late 1970s.

The number of students dropped from 753 to 580 in 2007.

Between 1933 and 1934 he won 12 games each season, but dropped to 2-10 in 1935.

Without a word of thanks he dropped the line in the water.

He dropped the two men in his hands like they were nothing and went for the man who'd hit him.

He heard the door close and dropped his face in one hand.

He also dropped out of his first race in 1948.

I dropped her here in the car about an hour ago.

The single dropped out of the Top 20 in its 3rd week.

His staff dropped to less than 50 from 100 in 1988.