Sentence examples for have gradually increased from inspiring English sources

Quotas have gradually increased female representation on boards in Norway from 9% in 2003 to over 40% today.

Each quarter, both companies have gradually increased their loss reserves — Fannie's reserves today stand at $8.9 billion, and Freddie's at $5.8 billion.

Ever since Mexico nationalised its oil industry in 1938, producing countries have gradually increased their take at the expense of western oil firms.

Sales at Chloé, which is owned by the luxury conglomerate Richemont, have gradually increased since Ms. Philo took over from her far better-known predecessor and former boss, Stella McCartney, said Ralph Toledano, Chloé's president.

According to the Monitoring the Future Study conducted by the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research, the rates of lifetime, annual and current use of LSD among 8th, 10th and 12th graders have gradually increased since 1990.

Both species have been hunted for their oil and in the 19th century were reduced almost to extinction; under protection, however, they have gradually increased in number and their survival is no longer threatened.

The report says: "Social unrest has gradually increased as joblessness persists.

The incidence of the disease has gradually increased for decades, perhaps because of longer lives.

Pinault, Gucci's biggest shareholder, has gradually increased its stake since then.

In the past two years the insurgency has gradually increased in Kunduz, making the region increasingly volatile.

Fiat took a minority stake in Chrysler after the bankruptcy and has gradually increased its ownership.