Example sentences of "steadily over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Product differentiation and improvement has been occurring steadily over the years and now includes metal and wooden window frames , doors , storage tanks , household furniture , beds , as well as a much improved range of braziers , and tin trunks . |
| 2 | She noted , she said with a pained expression , that output from the UK Vehicle Division of United Motors had been falling steadily over the previous ten years . |
| 3 | The attendance has increased steadily over the years and the conference attracts more and more international participants . |
| 4 | The swell had built steadily over the past half-hour . |
| 5 | Arnica 0/1 every four hours relieved the swelling and pain steadily over the next 36 hours . |
| 6 | The divorce rate rose fairly steadily over the decade apart from a notable , but not entirely sustained , increase after the liberalising of the laws in 1984 . |
| 7 | When further broken down , the figures for public institutions are somewhat sobering , since educational libraries represent only 9% of publishers ' total sales , and public libraries a mere 5% — and these contributions as a percentage of the total have fallen steadily over the past five years , due to wide-ranging public spending cuts in this period . |
| 8 | Gas-pressure from the reaction would develop steadily over the brief time of contact , and would be greatest at the rear of the zone where the tread was about to lift off . |
| 9 | At the same time levels of public expenditure on the railways have been declining steadily over the past few years in the run-up to an expected privatisation and are now well below those of Britain 's Continental neighbours . |
| 10 | According to Durex , whose condoms account for 80% of the British market , purchases made by women have risen steadily over the past 10 years . |
| 11 | There seems to the writer little doubt that unemployment due to automation will grow steadily over the next few decades , perhaps centuries , and in the end it is likely to reach a very high figure , say ninety per cent of the labour force , unless radical changes are made in the present pattern of working . |
| 12 | R&D expenditure has risen steadily over the past five years , from £461m ( 4.1% of sales ) in 1987 to £692m ( 5.5% of sales ) in 1991 . |
| 13 | The knitting was in her lap and she was regarding me steadily over the spectacles . |
| 14 | However , the proportion of marriages involving widows or widowers has decreased steadily over the past 150 years ( for an elaboration of all these trends , see Haskey , 1987a ) . |
| 15 | The number of day hospitals run by health services and day centres provided by local authorities and voluntary organizations has grown slowly but steadily over the last forty years , although there remains a great deal of confusion about the purposes of day care , and professionals from different services have differing expectations and aims . |
| 16 | After climbing steadily over the years , the percentage supported by government reached a peak in England and Wales of 66.5 per cent in 1975/6 . |
| 17 | As the research in intelligent knowledge-based systems has progressed steadily over the past decade , it has become increasingly clear that there are classes of complex problems which can not be solved by a single system in isolation ; they require several systems to work together interactively in a co- operative framework . |
| 18 | The Royal Bank of Scotland has designed a special account that allows you to provide for your children 's future and enable these savings to grow steadily over the years . |
| 19 | Expenditure on education has increased steadily over the last few years even in ‘ real terms ’ after inflation is taken into account , as Figure 8.6 shows . |
| 20 | Roman drove steadily over the causeway and she looked apprehensively at the expanse of sea on either side . |
| 21 | ‘ No reason , ’ he said easily as he sipped his tea , his eyes watching her steadily over the rim of the mug . |
| 22 | Snow was falling steadily over the prison , over Geneva , in midsummer … |
| 23 | However , per capita food production in Africa has been declining slowly and steadily over the last few decades . |
| 24 | Business has been built up steadily over the last 12 years in Germany , Denmark , Spain , France , Eire and Greece , and more recently in Eastern Europe , the Czech Republic and Slovakia . |
| 25 | Alan Hingston , Executive Director of IDB 's Marketing Development Division , said : ‘ Scandinavia has long been one of IDB 's target regions and business for Northern Ireland companies has developed steadily over the past decade . |