But they're steadily less of a factor.
But the double standard looks steadily less defensible today.
The disease is degenerative, and he will become steadily less able to care for himself.
Since the 1990s Sunday has become steadily less "special", above all in shopping and leisure.
But it's getting steadily less fantastic, which is why conglomerates keep selling them.
During the 19th century, the London markets became steadily less connected with commercial reality.
Now it is changing again as Dhaka, a city of at least 15 million, gets steadily less poor.
Analysts have warned in recent years that by offering steadily less in print, newspapers were inviting readers to stop buying.
As he got older and stouter, the Irishman kept ahead of the bulls by running steadily less, of the course.
Fifteen years on, the industry seems to support that view; his films, however, have grown steadily less rewarding.
Indeed, in economic and social affairs, the electorate grew steadily less Thatcherite during her years in office.
