Sentences with phrase «gradually over a number of years»

Rather than being closed immediately, the schools will be phased out gradually over a number of years.

Rhode Island, which has implemented a student - based formula, specified that losses and gains from the new system would occur gradually over a number of years so that no district faced a sudden shock.

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This wage measure, along with a number of others, has been gradually trending upward over the past several years.

But over the succeeding years it gradually took on a number of activities that are typical of central banks.

Over the past 40 years, however, society has gradually begun to accept, if not embrace, the notion of the female biologist, mathematician or engineer, and the number of women in science at all levels has increased dramatically.

If you think about it, you probably got to that point gradually (perhaps over a number of years) and you won't go the other way in a heartbeat.

But it worked well and was very popular for a number of years until taken over by another dating service then gradually phased out.

In most careers, professionals gradually gain increased autonomy over a number of years, learning from more experienced employees and progressively demonstrating their capacity to take on more significant tasks.

The number of tested SPIs and overall number of test items dropped, making it harder for students to score proficient on tests where the proficiency cut off has been gradually rising over the past five years.

Most amateur mechanics build up their toolkits over a number of years, gradually adding new things as and when they need them.

Gradually, McGuire has seen a shift in the number of surrendered animals — from over 1,000 to around 600 a year.

Clinical signs of heartworm disease may not be apparent in the early stages, as the number of heartworms in an animal tends to accumulate gradually over a period of months, and sometimes years.

We've worked with Staywell over a number of years, starting with Staywell Group's main website and gradually adding to their portfolio of Park Regis and Leisure Inn accommodation websites.

The new hypotheses do appear to be substantially better than the ones they replace, but there has not been time to fully subject them to careful and sophisticated comparisons with observed reality over a number of years by which they can only gradually be proven.

With a number of events, I have gradually seen my networking skills improve over the last three years,» she says.

The number of electric vehicles plying on roads are gradually increasing over the years which shows positive signs for environment conservation and less dependence on fuels.

Over the past two years, BlackBerry CEO John Chen has been behind a number of acquisitions, as the it gradually pivots from being a hardware company, to one more focused on enterprise software.

«Looking back at the early shows, we had a lot more furniture in the mix... the number of furniture dealers gradually declined over the years as the show evolved into more antique and vintage decor accessories, estate jewellery, ephemera — more «smalls» vs. large furniture pieces.»