Success in the 1990s built steadily on improving performance begun in the 1980s.

The quality of the database compiled from the inventory process has been steadily improving.

The patient is steadily recovering.

The patient is steadily recovering.

Prices have been climbing steadily.

Prices have been rising steadily.

And we've been going steadily downhill.

LONDON Over the past year, relations among East Asia s three most successful economies Japan, South Korea, and China have been slowly but steadily improving. This is notable, because their ties with one another have never been easy or smooth.

Meanwhile, the economic situation is declining steadily.

India s government has reacted with fury to the mistreatment of an official enjoying diplomatic immunity, and public indignation has been widespread and nearly unanimous. So, has an era of steadily improving ties between the two countries come to an end?

Finally, China s capacity for innovation is improving steadily, owing to rapidly increasing human capital and rising investment in research and development. By next year, Chinese R amp D expenditure, at 2.2 of GDP, will be closing in on advanced country levels.

Besides capacity building, training activities are growing steadily.

Developing countries are slowly but steadily adopting transgenic products.

Our network is growing steadily and so does the budget.

Tokelau continued to move steadily towards a decision on self government.

The deployment of UNMIS military elements has progressed slowly but steadily.

So far, the process has been moving slowly but steadily forward.

Offshore employment has steadily increased and, with it, remittances to the Territory.

The Government of Canada has steadily increased its investment in the NCB Supplement.

The five multi accused trials have continued to progress steadily in recent months.

Financial resources of the Centre operations have been dwindling steadily over the years.

This shows that the number of women in such posts is growing steadily.

This figure is rising steadily, both during times of peace and times of war.

The world was getting steadily richer, but the income distribution within countries was becoming steadily more unequal. Median incomes have been stagnant or even falling for the last 30 years, even as per capita GDP has grown.

In addition, space technology, such as large scale geostationary satellite technology, has been steadily progressing.

The number of people receiving Social Assistance in PEI declined steadily from 1994 to 2004.

In recent years, the number of General Assembly resolutions approved by consensus has increased steadily.

However, donor interest in the programme has steadily declined, raising concern about the programme's sustainability.

As stated in our previous report, applications concerning dismissals of pregnant women are rising steadily.

Population assistance has increased slowly, but steadily since the International Conference on Population and Development.

The population of Pitcairn has been declining steadily since 1937, when it was approximately 200.

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We therefore gave the wind under his control, moving steadily by his command wherever he wished.

We therefore gave the wind under his control, moving steadily by his command wherever he wished.

We are delighted that international cooperation in the field of youth development has been steadily increasing.

Between 1993 and 2001, this ratio rose steadily in rural areas and fell in urban areas.

The purchasing power of the population is steadily deteriorating, resulting in successive strikes by civil servants.

The support of donor countries has been steadily increasing, reflecting growing confidence in effective programme delivery.

With the exception of 2002, in recent years the flow of resources has been steadily declining.

Paradoxically, one indicator that has been improving steadily in the US productivity may be the clearest sign of the problem. When it comes to productivity, managers either invest in employee training, more efficient manufacturing processes, and the like, or they take steps that appear to boost productivity in the short run but that erode it in the long run.

Fifth, large scale enterprises are running steadily, and the business conditions of small enterprises continue to improve.

The number of countries that have created online databases and websites listing volunteer opportunities is growing steadily.

Since 1993, the age standardized mortality rates for women in the target age group have declined steadily.

We are deploying our peace monitoring military capacity steadily, although we are meeting a number of difficulties.