In 1978, the party would begin its long steady build-up to competing for seats in the legislature by winning a few seats in suburban Birmingham, Mobile, and Montgomery.

Emperors responded to the increased insecurity with a steady build-up of the forces at their immediate disposal.

Unlike the steady build-up in Italy, the French general strike of May-June 1968 was wholly unexpected.

The IMF said in November that lenders face a "steady build-up of financial sector vulnerabilities", warning if hit with multiple shocks, "the banking system could be severely impacted".

The physical consequence of the steady build-up of entropy is that the model universes they have investigated always fall back towards the singularity harder than they emerged from it.

Lindsey could feel the steady build-up of desire until she knew she had to break away.

Mechanical grip is excellent and there's a steady build-up of side loads through the chassis, ultimately mitigated by the stability control.

The lesson of the 1980s is that controversial big bang reforms are in the end less important than the steady build-up of adjustments that take place every year.

A transverse dune is perpendicular to the prevailing wind, probably caused by a steady build-up of sand on an already existing minuscule mound.

There was also a steady build-up of German forces in France, despite the demands of the eastern front.