Not every day has been a big step in the right direction, or has produced a big step in the right direction, but there has been progress steadily throughout this process.
Shell has long been dabbling in biofuels, but progress has been slow.
But there has been enormous progress in disrupting and dismantling al Qaeda in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region beyond and below Osama bin Laden.
But there has been limited progress towards the kind of political union - or central control of budget-making, borrowing and supervision of banks - that many would see as necessary to the eurozone's long-term survival.
But progress has been made and continues to be made, and the strategy we believe is making progress and working.
Don't get me wrong -- we're making progress, but most of that progress has been restricted to mobile platforms. webOS, iPhone OS and Android all have driven some degree of innovation beyond the PC desktop.
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President GEORGE W. BUSH: Our progress has been uneven, but progress is being made.
The heart disease death rate has gradually gone down since the 1960s, but much of that progress has been in keeping patients alive once they had heart attacks, not from preventing the initial episode.
But progress has been slow, and there are fears that the army is being corrupted.
But what progress has been made in ensuring the quality of the data provided?
Since then the two companies say they have had talks, but no progress has been made towards a resolution.
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Japanese Buddhists have provided financial assistance to build hotels and amenities at the site but progress has been slow.
The entire auto industry is moving to outsource bigger chunks of vehicles, but progress has been slow because of union opposition.
But progress has been achieved in the sense that some parts of that overall framework oil and gas law have been approved.
But there has been even less progress towards a common external tariff.
Demand for more flexible courses is growing, but progress has been slow.
It has put out feelers for negotiations with the ruling party, which South Africa is keen to broker, but little progress has been made.
When fiscal cliff negotiations began two weeks ago, there were encouraging signs that lawmakers may be willing to compromise, but little concrete progress has been made.
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Everybody claims to agree in theory but progress has been slow.
But that progress has been slow, and Dell, which ranks behind HP and Lenovo in PC sales, still gets almost half of its revenue from its desktop and notebook computers.
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Across the European Union, there is broad agreement that the 15 member states need to co-operate in preparing for a chemical or biological attack, but little progress has been made.
There are factions inside Verizon pushing to allow workers to Bring Their Own Devices to work, according to Cibelli, but progress has been hampered by the strict regulations that telecom companies face.
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But the progress has been snail-like at best.
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But so far progress has been approximately nil.
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