Gradually Te Kooti was forced north, reaching Taumarunui on 7 January 1870.

Gradually the nomads forced their way back into Gansu and the northern part of what is now China's Xinjiang.

" Gradually, during the early ' 60s, he began to suffer " hardening of the arteries " and was forced to retire to the University infirmary in 1966.

Gradually the Cameronians were forced back, but at 11pm, depleted of energy and ammunition, the Highlanders decided to call it a day and withdrew, leaving 300 of their men dead or dying in the town.

Gradually, the Northerners were forced to retreat, and the focus of the battle shifted to Independence itself.

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, the Northerners were forced to retreat, and the focus of the battle shifted to Independence itself.

Gradually, however, the Union troops were compelled to give way, retreating west through Independence toward Westport.

Gradually, British Romani began to give up their language in favour of English, though they retained much of the vocabulary, which they now use occasionally in English conversation – as Angloromani.

Gradually others will move up to the same level

Gradually, he realized that the pentagon of Angel elders had vanished, and that the ritual learning dance of the nursery had been broken up.

Gradually they open up to each other and reveal their inner secrets ( for example, Allison is a compulsive liar, Bender comes from an abusive household and Brian and Claire are ashamed of their virginity ).

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

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, they enabled additional companies to enter the market of postal deliveries of mail with a weight up to half a kilogram ; this was done so that they could compete with the governmental mail company allowing the postage rates to drop.

Gradually the event was taken over by local residents, who dressed up as Gypsies and formed ' tribes '.

Gradually, both the market and the surrounding area fell into disrepute, as taverns, theatres, coffee-houses and brothels opened up ; the gentry moved away, and rakes, wits and playwrights moved in.

Gradually this silted up, and the last ship sailed through the Channel in 1672.

Gradually, her ploys help him to cheer up, and he eventually realizes that Faye likes him and arranges a date at the restaurant " California " ( an actual place in Lan Kwai Fong at the time ).

Gradually or during subsequent firings, the flame or heat source ( e. g. Kanthal heating elements ) can be turned up higher.

Gradually we tried to stir up some interest around Remus to attempt a one-day event and test the waters.

Gradually, women set up cooperatives to guard local forests, and also organized fodder production at rates conducive to local environment.

Gradually, he was picked up by Panampilly Govinda Menon as his most favourite follower.

Gradually, layers of deposited sediment build up on the reef surface ( Hopley 1981, Gorlay 1998 ).

Gradually, several projects have sprung up within the movement: the school ' Abba ', the ' Economy of Communion ' ( which is linked more than 800 companies ), evangelism within small cities, social work, and publishing magazines.

Gradually, a relationship unfolds and they end up going on a date.

Gradually, as some people wearied of Muldoon's style, Rowling's more reserved manner was held up as an asset rather than a weakness, and Labour began to gain a certain amount of traction again.

Gradually a large pile of shells, mainly limpets, built up into a large midden.

Gradually as the Spanish power waned and economic progress caught up in the area, the pueblo disintegrated into many pueblos until it remained to comprise only the towns of Peñaranda, General Tinio and San Leonardo ( formerly called Manikling ) all of Nueva Ecija province.

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, in the natural process of growing up, he was married and was blessed with children.

Gradually the harbour silted up in the last part of the 17th century, leaving the town stranded and useless as a port.

Gradually the new type of secular portrait painting appeared, called parsúna ( from " persona " – person ), which was transitional style between abstract iconographics and real paintings.

Gradually perpetual masses for the dead were delegated to one altar and one secular priest within a greater church.

Gradually, the communes of the mainland grew in power and wealth.

Gradually however, the civil functionaries assumed greater power, and by the late 10th century, the praitores ( or krites, " judges ") were placed at the head of the civil administration of a thema.

Gradually there was increasing syncreticism between the Sumerian and Akkadian cultures and deities, with the Akkadians typically preferring to worship fewer deities but elevating them to greater positions of power.

Gradually maximum power was increased to 50, 000 watts ( with some short lived experiments with 250 – 500 kilowatt " super-power " operation ).

Gradually, the Dutch gained political control and ended the power of the local kings.

Gradually these princes arrogated increasing power by monopolising all the main ministerial positions.

Gradually, the Court came to view the regulation of a previously delimited private sphere as a valid exercise of police power, and the decision in Nebbia signaled the undoing of a doctrinal distinction between public and private enterprise that had been the underlying principle for a free market approach to constitutional interpretation.

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, he gained more and more power and became one of the most prominent officials under Kangxi.

Gradually he teased apart in his mind the dynamics of love and power, honesty and courage, wisdom and strength, depth and vigor, faith and hope -- as well as the more abstract categories of time and space, truth and right, tension and energy.