Sentence examples for steady so far from inspiring English sources

Butt has been steady so far.

"Album sales have held steady so far," he says.

The channel's total ratings are holding steady so far this year.

By many measures, the number of people traveling set records in 2007, and those figures are holding steady so far this year.

The Fed lifted its benchmark overnight interest rate at the end of last year for the first time in nearly a decade, but has held it steady so far this year amid concerns over persistently low inflation.

Oil prices have been stuck near $14 a barrel for months, down from $25 early last year.Steel prices have been steadier so far, but Asia accounts for about half of the output of BHP Steel and no one expects demand to hold up given the region's troubles.

But last week, the Treasury Department's sale of its warrants in Citigroup, the last of the government's stake in the firm, fetched $312.2 million, highlighting what has been a steady and, so far, profitable unwinding of taxpayers' holdings in financial institutions.

This time he wants not only to make it to the top, but to stay there.Analysts have applauded his steady progress so far.

"ING has demonstrated steady progress so far this year on the group's restructuring, culminating with the successful I.P.O. of our U.S. insurance business," ING's departing chief executive, Jan Hommen, said in a statement.

The business lobby group said the UK economy looked likely to gather momentum over the coming months after a steady performance so far this year, but said the strong pound had triggered a slide in export orders.

A similarly shy, bearded northerner, Goodwin is also singer-bassist in Doves, the Cheshire trio who have accumulated so much critical goodwill during their steady but so far unspectacular 11-year career that much of the music press is willing them to follow Elbow into the winners' circle.