Sentence examples for has been gradually reducing from inspiring English sources

In the interim, the city has been gradually reducing the use of Fresh Kills.

Even before Tuesday's spinoff Loews has been gradually reducing its stake in Lorillard.

"That proportion has been gradually reducing as we have put more birds outside," he said.

Consumer goods giant Unilever says it has been gradually reducing salt and saturated fat levels in its food products.

Texaco has been gradually reducing its Harrison work force since 1983, when it reached a peak of 1,800, said Keelin Molloy, a spokeswoman.

The support gave the US government a 27 per cent stake in the bank, although it has been gradually reducing this over the past year.

His role has been gradually reduced to sitting on a sofa while Vanessa grills showbiz heavyweights at the breakfast bar.

Japan's corporate tax rate stood at around 50 percent in the 1990s, but has been gradually reduced.

"Defence-sector purchasing power has been gradually reduced and there is a growing imbalance between defence costs and budgetary allocations," the military men wrote.

Its staff has been gradually reduced over the last several years, though, and Mr. Walker said that this year's budget contained the first increase -- 10percentt -- for the agency in more than a decade.

While all this has been happening, the central government grant, which used to account for nearly two-thirds of councils' expenditure, has been gradually reduced so that, by next year, it could all but disappear.