Sentence examples for has gradually sold from inspiring English sources

For years, France has gradually sold off dozens of huge enterprises, including banks, insurance companies and even the automaker Renault.

He has gradually sold or donated more than a thousand of his records, and he has written no new scripts since 2000.

"BP was a champion of North Sea investment but it has gradually sold off many of its assets to foreign companies such as Apache and Talisman while putting its money into Russia with Rosneft.

The home is just part of the large Hepburn estate which has been gradually sold off since she died in June 2003.

He has been gradually selling government debt the last few weeks and buying higher-yielding corporate bonds.

For years, the French government has been gradually selling off control of more than a score of huge enterprises like banks, insurance companies, industrial companies and even the national flag carrier, Air France.

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation lost more than $1 billion in 2002, largely because of a decline in the value of its stakes in Hewlett-Packard and Agilent, which it has been gradually selling off to diversify.

It recently severed ties with fast-food chain Burger King and has been gradually selling its interests in food company General Mills, of which it once owned about a third.

In recent years, as the Witnesses have shifted some operations upstate, they have been gradually selling properties.

We also have regular sales to clear stock that hasn't sold well and our offering has gradually evolved based on this system.

Mike Lynch, who sold Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard in 2011 prompting much subsequent acrimony, is still listed as owning 17.9m shares in Blinkx, or 4.47%, although he had been gradually selling down the stake.