The poll also found that confidence in the ability of the two major political parties to handle the top problem declined between January and April.

Furthermore, the respondent's confidence in the ability of the police to deal with problem had declined.

As a consequence of these fraudulent matters, the confidence of the community towards the system declines.

Since then, prison service has become more anxious about questions of security and control, and confidence in the rehabilitative ideal has declined.

There have been indications that public confidence in the police and their department has been declining sharply.

European industrial confidence, an important leading indicator, has declined for the last several months.

Some, like the airlines and airplane manufacturers, will suffer directly if confidence in the system declines.

Simon's confidence had declined and he had sought treatment for depression.

But critics, including six former Defense Secretaries, say as the weapons age, confidence in their reliability will decline, unless they are periodically tested.

But, despite Hepworth's brazen nationalism, confidence in British filmmakers declined.