But some people say they are uneasy about the steady encroachment of fine restaurants, large real estate companies, Starbucks cafes and other chains on the historic buildings.

The boy pulsated with a steady encroachment.

Instead, they report, the warblers' worst losses, occurring in spring and summer, result from the steady encroachments of suburban development on the United States mainland.

There had been two more deaths in the last minute, but the steady encroachment of his forces continued.

Urban development continues its steady encroachment.

Of equal concern, the steady encroachment of the Japanese car industry into Europe is gathering pace.

The Itza resisted this steady encroachment by recruiting their neighbours as allies against the slow Spanish advance.

The steady encroachment of human beings on the habitat of wildlife is, for once, being thrown into reverse.

In the course of Japan's steady encroachment on the American automotive market, few years were like 1992.

Also, the steady encroachment of universities upon neighboring areas created a point of contention between town and gown (continuing to the present).