steady deterioration
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsteadyanddeterioration
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steady
adjective
uk/ˈsted.i/us/ˈsted.i/
happening in a smooth, gradual, and regular way, not suddenly ...
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deterioration
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˌtɪə.ri.əˈreɪ.ʃən/us/dɪˌtɪr.i.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
the fact or process of ...
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(Definition ofsteadyanddeteriorationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These elderly people, at the age when they are most helpless, have been suffering asteadydeteriorationof their standard of living.
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So far from getting more houses, there has been asteadydeteriorationwhere there should have been a steady improvement.
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Far more attention is now being paid to compensation for delays in domestic rail services and far less to thesteadydeteriorationin international services.
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There has been thissteadydeteriorationover the years.
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The farmers undoubtedly feel that there has been asteadydeteriorationin their position in comparison with the rest of the country.
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We are prepared to face anything and everything but thesteadydeteriorationand the premature death of over a million of our fellow citizens.
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I am not aware of asteadydeteriorationof the services mentioned.
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He said that since they were appointed there had been asteadydeteriorationin both these important fields.
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Then, gradually, one realises how, over a term of years, there is asteadydeteriorationin the animal life of parts of our countryside.
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Without an increase in productivity there will be asteadydeteriorationin the service.
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I think we must accept that there has been asteadydeteriorationin the postal service.
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They would not dispute that there is asteadydeteriorationin the industry's capacity to survive.
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These events represent the conclusion of seven years ofsteadydeteriorationin foreign affairs.
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Therefore, it is not the cost of living which is the factor in the situation but thissteadydeteriorationin our society because of inflation.
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Surely there has been nothing but asteadydeteriorationin our trade position.
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During all that time we have seen asteadydeteriorationof the national position, so far as trade, industry and finance were concerned.
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In my view, there has been asteadydeteriorationover the years in the relationships between the general public and the police forces.
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There has been asteadydeteriorationin the state of the country.
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We are watching thesteadydeteriorationof our housing stocks, especially in the great housing schemes of our heavy industrial areas.
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Over the last 25 years there has been asteadydeterioration.
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