Sentence examples for gradually since from inspiring English sources

Criminal laws against homosexuality have been scrapped gradually since 1979.

Investors have been buying gradually since the precipitous sell-off after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Israel says the flow of goods into Gaza has been increasing gradually since the war.

Improving the team's on-base percentage -- which has declined gradually since 1998 -- is a goal of this off-season.

The proportion of women in part-time employment has actually been falling, albeit gradually, since the mid-1970s.

In fact the dependence of German exports on eurozone countries has actually declined gradually since the introduction of the common currency (44% in 2000, to 41% in 2009).

The award of construction contracts in the public work projects in Taiwan by the most advantageous tendering method (MAT) has gradually increased since 1999.

Plume height was observed by JMA at Camera 1 (Fig. 1) until 2014 and at Camera 2 since 2014 and has gradually decreased since 2000.

(The median income in Tract 414 has risen gradually since 1990 to $45,000).

Still, core inflation, which many view as providing a better indicator of underlying inflationary pressures, has edged up gradually since last year.

In fact, the Latino vote for Democrats has been slipping gradually since 1989, the year statistics from exit polls began to be recorded.