Example sentences of "steadily [vb pp] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a black day for Chancellor Kohl whose personal popularity has been steadily eroded over the past two years and whose ability to provide the CDU with effective leadership will be questioned more seriously than before . |
| 2 | Cooper kept constant his production of cows and sheep in pasture during the length of his very lengthy career and , in spite of such a very narrow register for the subject of his painting , his works were steadily collected over the years . |
| 3 | The announced intention behind the 1989 Housing Act is to increase the stock of rented housing — which has steadily diminished over the years . |
| 4 | US involvement in Uk defence technology has steadily increased over the past thirty years as the UK has sought to maintain its lead within increasing economic constraints . |
| 5 | Third , downward mobility from positions in the service class to other class positions has steadily decreased over the same time span ( A. H. Halsey , A. F. Heath and John Ridge , Origins and Destinations , Oxford University Press , 1980 ) . |
| 6 | Labour 's problem is that its core constituency in the manual working class has steadily declined over the years . |
| 7 | Renewable energy generation 45% of electricity demand could be met from wind power In fact , the amount of electricity produced by renewable sources in the UK has steadily declined over the past five years . |