Staffing has proceeded slowly, but there is scope for this benchmark soon to be met.

It was only really after World War II that things slowly began to improve thanks to land reform.

Snails move slowly.

Slow but steady!

Population change happens slowly, but its effects can be forecast early.

In short, the market is working, slowly, and consumers are educating themselves, slowly.

Demand will revive, but only slowly.

But now the picture is changing slowly.

Please speak slowly, so I can understand you.

These agents destroy bacterial spores.

They will reproduce, but very slowly.

China first opened its economic system to the rest of the world, and only now is it thinking (a bit too slowly) about political reform.

Once particles are lost to the atmosphere from the radiation belts, under quiet conditions new ones replace them only slowly, and the loss cone becomes depleted.

Although lung cancer (slowly increasing among women) and breast cancer (decreasing rapidly) are scarcer, cancer of the cervix and the prostate are more frequent.

Information about the WordPress ban in Kazakhstan is slowly trickling out.

Afghans, slowly and steadily, seem to be the winners.

Tom slowly opened his eyes, and then Mary kissed him.

Low mass stars consume their fuel very slowly.

The traditional alphabet is being slowly reintroduced through schools.

By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.

By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

However, implementation of the Pretoria Agreement has proceeded only slowly.

We have moved slowly but surely to shore up a democratic ethos.

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

Brazilian courts were reputed in 2000 to handle investors lawsuits slowly and poorly, and they are reputed to handle them slowly and poorly today.

Western fortunes are rising, slowly but surely.

Slowly but surely, the next China is coming into focus.

I breathe in very slowly and out as quietly as possible.

Foods are usually either slowly cooked or stewed.

But economies powerful self healing capabilities work slowly.

Attitudes towards suicide slowly began to shift during the Renaissance.

The number of jobs had slowly increased to 79,138 in 1999.

Compared with other small cats, ocelot kittens grow quite slowly.

The volcanic arc on the upper plate is slowly extinguished.

The health care industry is lurching slowly toward real time, user generated data.

Parents attitudes are changing, but slowly.

My mood has worsened.

Over the next fourteen years, however, the Russians slowly conquered the Khanate.

Slowly but surely, the mood in Minamata and Japan as a whole was shifting.

The reconstruction of the Army started slowly after the war due to a general lack of funds.

In the film, the train starts gently and gradually picks up speed as it enters a shed.

First, the West, particularly Europe, is slowly taking the measure of the Asian challenge.

Slowly but surely, sea levels are inching up once again.

In doing so, they are transforming their country in a slow but irreversible way.

The turnout was good and social engagement on this issue is slowly growing.