Inequality has been falling.

This situation suggests a phased approach.

Calm is gradually returning.

A much larger share was lost productivity.

With fewer victims, crime will pay less.

Due to accelerating industrialization and urbanization, agricultural land is shrinking.

Fewer Africans working in rich countries will automatically translate into less money circulating in African countries.

Slower growth means less revenue, and a faster downward spiral.

Her hopes that he is still alive are dwindling.

So I think eventually, once we have one of these models for people, which we'll get eventually I mean, our group won't get all the way there but eventually we'll have a very good computer model sort of like a global climate model for weather.

The role of the council is gradually expanding as it gains experience.

We are phasing down in Liberia as we speak.

As their legitimacy and funding diminish, so does their effectiveness.

China s growing interest in the Middle East also decreases the likelihood of an American withdrawal.

Symptoms usually develop gradually over years.

Trade distorting subsidies need to be phased out.

With little leverage, Iran s leaders would then have two options.

Demand for loans was low, leaving it short of revenue.

It usually comes on gradually and is aggravated by physical activity.

Between the years 1999 and 2000, Yousef gradually embraced Christianity.

The implementation of the UNIDO Desk programme will be gradual.

The people's life has been gradually improved, security and socio political stability firmly maintained.

The Plan aims to prevent and gradually eradicate prostitution in the country.

Currently in Haiti we are speaking less and less of security problems.

The official language(s) should gradually be introduced at later stages.

But it is a mistake to dismiss America's declining attractiveness so lightly.

The fall of the Soviet empire, naturally, reduced Americans' security interest in Europe.

But Ahmadinejad s unpopularity does not necessarily weaken his chances of being re elected.

Sarkozy believes in the efficiency of markets and will shy away from state intervention in the economy.

In the past, when a stay at home wife went to work, the chance that her marriage would dissolve increased.

Several factors have diminished investors willingness to extend long term credit.

Moreover, the capacity of Mexico s security machinery appears diminished.

The city is now under the Hamas administration of Gaza.

It recurved toward the southwest while gradually weakening for several days.

The judiciary is being gradually consolidated, albeit at a slow pace.

The perception of roles of men and women is however gradually changing.

With time for a two state solution quickly running out, a speedy settlement is in everyone's best interest.

With fewer trades, the information content of prices is arguably reduced.

They're also totally out of sync in romantic relationships, which build gradually and subtly.

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

The nations of the world must move step by step to nuclear weapons abolition.

United Nations reform must be carried out realistically that is to say, incrementally.

Our Government's commitment to gradually destroying these missiles remains immutable.

The US current account deficit has been narrowing in recent quarters, thanks to export growth.

Moreover, with less government support, rural credit has often become prohibitively expensive.