Secondly, their gradual expansion is leading to the decrease in forest resource.

In 2008, a farm bill called for gradual expansion of program to all states by 2012.

Other members of the family also contributed to the gradual expansion of the company.

We have seen your gradual expansion toward us and known that sooner or later you would discover our existence.

But other officials there said the changes were an inevitable step in the gradual expansion of the bureau's intelligence role.

The gradual expansion of the Scottish League after 1900 eventually killed these off.

Demand for more classes prompted the gradual expansion of the School.

The next two hundred years was a time of territorial consolidation and civil war with only gradual expansion south.

Even more worrying is the potential for the gradual expansion of academic selection.

Plans for gradual expansion to meet growing demand had been already drawn up from the airport's inception.