"Constitutional recognition has been drifting along," he said.
A few good years notwithstanding, tobacco demand has been drifting downward for nearly two decades.
Readers of Tavi's blog will note that she has been drifting away from her fashion obsession.
Since the 1970s, American social policy has been drifting steadily towards private provision.
Terrence Malick has been drifting away from me for a while now.
The main complaint seemed to illustrate the sentiment, reflected in national opinion polls, that Mr. Schröder's government has been drifting.
He accepts the world's attention has been drifting from the plight of the poor due to the recession.
It reflects the deep concern in Europe and America that NATO's Balkans policy has been drifting badly in recent months.
Mr. Gould's memo, written in May, said: "The government has been drifting and growing almost monthly weaker and more diffuse.
Meanwhile Cordy, who has been drifting around the country as a freewheeling hippie, takes a shine to the local coffee shop and the man who runs it.
Germany has been drifting toward this partnership since its election on September 22nd, which left Mrs Merkel the winner, but without an obvious coaliton partner.
