Gradually starting in the mid-16th century, one plate element after another was discarded to save weight for foot soldiers.

Gradually the two grow closer, and after Luc searches the bag and comes up empty, he agrees that he will help Kate.

Gradually, the wealthy and the government anglicised again, although Norman ( and subsequently French ) remained the dominant language of literature and law for a few centuries, even after the loss of the majority of the continental possessions of the English monarchy.

Gradually, after taking up his pastorate, he gained greater and greater influence in his denomination, until he came to be regarded as perhaps the most prominent Congregationalist of his time, and was sometimes popularly referred to as " The Congregational Pope of New England.

Gradually Darul Uloom Deoband became the second largest focal point of Islamic teachings and research after the Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

Gradually, in the 15 years after the war ended, a figure of 700, 000 began to reflect conventional wisdom, although estimates ranged between 350, 000 – 800, 000.

Gradually MSNBC began to put more emphasis on politics The Project for Excellence in Journalism found in 2007 after a seven year survey of cable channels that " MSNBC is moving to make politics a brand, with a large dose of opinion and personality.

Gradually the FA, led by Charles Alcock, manages to persuade the clubs that a uniform set of rules is desirable and, after many adaptations and compromises, the FA rules eventually become standard.

Gradually, he created a style of highly-organised, counter-attacking football, which was at odds with the prevailing orthodoxy but nevertheless highly effective ; Swindon Town's England international Harold Fleming, after losing 4 – 1 at home to Northampton, remarked to Chapman: " You have something more than a team: you have a machine.

Gradually the therapist would hope to engage the patient after becoming " safe " through lack of coercion.

Gradually, after the Second World War, the quantity of U. S. dollars outside the United States increased enormously, as a result of both the Marshall Plan and imports into the U. S., which had become the largest consumer market after World War II.

Gradually, after the Second World War, the quantity of U. S. dollars outside the United States increased enormously, as a result of both the Marshall Plan and imports into the U. S., which had become the largest consumer market after World War II.

Gradually Prost closed up on Hill, narrowing the gap to 3 seconds after the mid-race stops.

Gradually Prost closed up on Hill, narrowing the gap to 3 seconds after the mid-race stops.

Gradually, especially after coal was discovered further east in South Africa in Witbank, the Springs collieries were closed.

Gradually, the Senshi are able to trick the two into blasting each other after Sailor Mercury uses her Bubble Spray attack to obscure their vision, killing both at the same time by filling their staffs with an excess of power.

Gradually as the case proceeded and continued month after month, many of the counsel departed due to the inability of their clients to pay them.

Gradually, CTF began broadcasting longer hours, especially after the school board signed on WSEC-TV ( channel 17 ) as a secondary station.

Gradually, the Justice League discovers a greater plot against them ; the White House is destroyed by a bomb after Wonder Woman departs it — thus appearing as though she set the explosion — Metamorpho is brainwashed and forced to kill Perry White, subsequently dying when he attempts to tell J ' onn what happened to him, and Hal Jordan discovers a strange force field around Earth that prevents anything leaving the planet, the field having been growing stronger over the last several months.

Gradually, Chai-Tuti-Chowk or Six Tuti Chowk, named after six water taps originally place here for public, developed as an important market square, and a shopping area of Paharganj, within shops of cloth merchants coming up around it.

Gradually he recovered and after a week he was able to tell his tale.

Gradually, Karen and Tony track down the original members ; bassist Les Wickes, who has a family and works as a roofer, drummer David " Beano " Baggot, who is working at a nursery and is on the run from the Inland Revenue due to a large sum of money he owes due to a bad business deal, and lead singer Ray Simms, who after years of drug and alcohol abuse, is now completely sober and attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, is living in a mansion with his overbearing Swedish wife, Astrid and apparently working on a solo album, though in truth the bank are foreclosing on his mansion and he hasn't released a solo single in years.

Gradually, the nature of professional wrestling became an open secret, although American promotions ' events were still often regulated by state athletic commissions through the 1980s, until World Wrestling Federation owner Vince McMahon publicly admitted that wrestling was entertainment, not competition.

Gradually other auxiliary publications were added: The Annalist, a financial review appearing on Mondays ; The Times Mid-Week Pictorial on Thursdays ; Current History Magazine, a monthly, started during World War I.

Gradually, the technicians running Delos begin to notice problems spreading like an infection among the androids: the robots in Medieval World begin suffering an inexplicable number of systemic failures, a robot rattlesnake bites Blane, and against its programming, an android refuses a guest's sexual advances.

Gradually, over the years, the wet " tanking " process was replaced with the dry process, so that by the end of World War II, most rendering installations used the dry process.

Gradually, however, the center of population for the metro area moved south, and by the Second World War the area today comprising Crown Center had become dilapidated.

Gradually, as their musical style transitioned to a dance beat, W-inds released another double A-side single " New World / Truth ( Saigo no Shinjitsu )" on December 9, 2009.

Gradually affluent residents are moving back into the district which has been comparatively poor since the Great War.

Gradually decaying throughout the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the palisade disappeared in the early twentieth century, its remaining willows cut during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 by the two countries ' soldiers.

Gradually, the Continuation War became a war of conquest, to capture land that had not historically belonged to Finland.

Gradually, beginning in 1982, both AM and FM stations began flipping to a full-time oldies format playing " All Oldies All The Time ".

Gradually, Elizabeth became an unwelcome presence among the male students who in 1861, presented a memorial to the school against her admittance as a fellow student.

Gradually he became convinced that the script was the trouble ...

Gradually, and by dint of infinite patience and concentration, the young peasant became master of many languages, and began the scientific study of their structure.

Gradually Dilbert became more popular, and was published by 100 newspapers in 1991 and 400 by 1994.

Gradually the trail became easier with the average trip ( as recorded in numerous diaries ) dropping from about 160 days in 1849 to 140 days 10 years later.

Gradually, the network moved its operations to St. Paul, and KSJN became the flagship station.

Gradually, Prince Carl became the leading candidate, largely because he was descended from independent Norwegian kings.

Gradually they intermarried with their English neighbors, and through the 18th and 19th century, descendants of the French migrated west into the Piedmont, and across the Appalachian Mountains into the West of what became Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, and other states.

Gradually Irkutsk gained more meaning as the main transportation and trade center of Eastern Siberia, it became a center of trade routes from Kamchatka, Chukotka to Yakutia, Mongolia, and China.

Gradually, it became the dominant religion of Cambodia, displacing both Mahayana Buddhism and Shaivism.

Gradually the village became absorbed into the seamless expansion of London.

Gradually, thatch became a mark of poverty and the number of thatched properties gradually declined, as did the number of professional thatchers.

Gradually, Robinson became well known in the increasingly popular BDSM online chat rooms.

Gradually Heiligendamm evolved, once just an appendage of Doberan's, into an independent resort, and around Doberan it became quiet again.

Gradually, the village of Menuls-lès-Saint-Cloud became known as Boulogne-la-Petite, and later as Boulogne-sur-Seine.

It used simple language and took as its subjects ordinary events and people. Gradually, as the years went by, Abercrombie and Gibson became nonexistent, Abercrombie died in 1938 while Gibson lived on until 1962.

Gradually, these districts became separate territories ( such as Yukon ), separate provinces ( such as Alberta and Saskatchewan ) or were absorbed into other provinces.

Gradually the earlier gangs such as the Hell's Kitchen Gang were transformed into organized crime entities around the same time that Owney Madden became one of the most powerful mobsters in New York.

Gradually, Seddon became known along the West Coast as an advocate for miners ' rights and interests, and he was frequently consulted over various political issues.

Gradually, mixed farming and market gardens became the dominant form of agriulture, and in the early twentieth century the area was declared the Garden of Canada.

Gradually his anti-Communist views became outdated but he stubbornly refused to modify them in the face of developments like Richard Nixon's détente with China and Russia in the early 1970s.

Gradually, the exterior brickwork became covered with various marbles and carvings, some much older than the building itself ( see Four Tetrarchs, below ).

Gradually, Israeli society became more pluralistic, and the ' melting pot ' declined over the years.