Gradually the Phillies improved their team, and won the National League East three consecutive times from 1976 to 1978.

Gradually in 2012, the mirror-finished ' 1 ' idents were withdrawn replaced by simple programme specific idents for Got to Dance, Mad Dogs, Stella, Ashley Banjo's Secrete Street Crew, The Cafe, Modern Family, Spy, Starlings, Glee, Spartacus Blood and Sand, A League of Their Own and Trollied.

Gradually, Polly discovers not only that everyone in her regiment, except Maladict, is a woman, but also confirmation of Borogravia's bleak situation.

Gradually, Peter discovers that in the world of theater the normal rules do not apply – but in the end there is a role for everyone.

Gradually watercolor claimed his greater affection until today it has become his major, if not exclusive, technique.

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 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 its influence on aircraft design became greater.

Gradually, dissatisfaction among the Muslim population with its lack of political and economic status fueled calls for greater political autonomy, and eventually independence, from France.

Gradually he won for himself a high reputation as a careful and finished actor, and this, combined with the greater fame of his sister, Sarah, led to an engagement at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, where he made his first appearance on 30 September 1783 as Hamlet.

Gradually it became clear that blunter tools can work to greater advantage in large spaces with comparatively larger audiences.

Gradually, its de facto powers became even greater than those of the Cheka.

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

Gradually he gave greater attention to this more congenial work, and finally ceased working as an engineer to become the director of the journal Les Gens du monde.

Gradually, the reader realizes that the plot does not take place in our timeline but in an alternate history-one in which the Superconducting Super Collider was built in Texas ( in our history, the project was cancelled in 1993 and never implemented ) and in which American forces invaded Baghdad and overthrew Saddam Hussein already during the Gulf war of 1991.

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, the Seneca began to ally themselves with the British and Dutch against France ’ s ambitions in the new world.

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, the sentiment of the people turned against Handsome Lake for what they considered an overzealous pursuit of witches.

Gradually, he became the representative of the " rebel " group that rebelled against the poetry of Bialik and his generation, expressing a particular aversion to what was seen as their characteristic clichés.

Gradually immigration officials in Mumbai stepped up their vigilance against allowing single, unaccompanied girls with passports now had Emigration Check Required ( ECR ) stamped, this made travelling out of Mumbai increasingly difficult, thus the transit point for trafficking bar girls, shifted from Mumbai to New Delhi, Chennai and Hyderabad.

Gradually, its articles began to deal with shady aspects of privatisation, abuses against ethnic Serb citizens and other topics not covered by mainstream media in Croatia.

Gradually their increasing influence led the de-jure Mughal emperor Farrukh Siyar to grant them dastaks or permits for duty free trade in Bengal in 1717.

Gradually, Lina learns that Johnnie has continued to gamble on the horses, despite his promise to quit, and that he has sold family heirloom chairs given to them as a wedding present to help pay for things.

Gradually other stores were built and homes erected, most of them being good substantial residences.

Gradually Bismarck won over the middle class, reacting to the revolutionary sentiments expressed in 1848 by providing them with the economic opportunities for which the urban middle sectors had been fighting.

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 Narada received further blessings from these sages and heard them discussing many spiritual topics.

Gradually, however, many forgot what such statues were for and began to worship them, along with many other idols.

Gradually the form turned from humorous narrative into monologue, probably upon the request of the daimyō, feudal lords, seeking people skilled enough to entertain them with various kinds of storytelling.

Gradually, family and supporters brought bricks and other building supplies into the house by hiding them in briefcases and rolled-up newspapers.

Gradually, however, they found that this strategy cost them more time in the tight infield section than it saved on the straight.

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, they started to learn from the newer techniques and discovered that these could help them increase their earnings.

Gradually, as this was found to be insufficient for differentiating between similar nouns, they were inserted in medial positions, e. g., ṣaddīq-righteous ; ṣādōq – Zadok.

Gradually Borno's position weakened ; its inability to check political rivalries between competing Hausa cities was one example of this decline.

Gradually Rugby's fame spread it was no longer desirable to have only local boys attending and the nature of the school shifted, and so a new school – Lawrence Sheriff Grammar School – was founded in 1878 to continue Lawrence Sheriff's original intentions ; that school receives a substantial proportion of the endowment income from Lawrence Sheriff's estate every year.

Gradually during the course of the investigation, certain isolated spots of cutaneous sensibility began to appear ; these spots were sensitive to heat, cold and pressure.

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 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, various problems were overcome ; " smart " or " enhanced " 911 systems were developed that not only would display the caller's number and address at the dispatch center but also could be configured so that 911 calls were automatically routed to the correct dispatch center, regardless of what central office the caller was served from.

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, the bi-oriented chromosome is pulled towards the center of the cell until microtubule tension is balanced on both sides of the centromere ; the congressed chromosome then oscillates at the metaphase plate until anaphase onset releases cohesion of the sister chromatids.

Gradually, however, it found more favor ; Hebrew school classes were confirmed together, and confirmation gradually became a solemn and celebration at the synagogue.

Gradually men became involved in brewing and organised themselves into guilds such as the Brewers Guild in London of 1342 and the Edinburgh Society of Brewers in 1598 ; as brewing became more organised and reliable many inns and taverns ceased brewing for themselves and bought beer from these early commercial breweries.

Gradually the number of the adherents decreased ; in 1921 there were officially 43, 000 Mariavites.

Gradually they have brought this frequency down, with the Hydractive XM being set at 0. 6 Hz ( in the " soft " mode ; in " hard ", the car is sprung and damped like a sports car ).

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 term without qualification was found convenient for describing sub-vassals, tenants-in-chief being called capitanei or barones ; Its implication, however, still varied in different places and times.

Gradually Olongapo evolved into a better community: new business concerns were established ; housing projects were planned, civic facilities were restored.

Gradually a regular line-up evolved around Simon Jeffes and Helen Liebman: Neil Rennie, who joined in 1975 on ukulele ; Geoffrey Richardson, who had joined in 1976 and co-wrote three pieces on Broadcasting from Home ( 1984 ), played viola, cuatro, guitar, clarinet, mandolin and ukulele ; Julio Segovia answered an advert in the Melody Maker and joined in 1978 on percussion ; Paul Street joined in 1984 playing guitar, cuatro and ukulele, leaving in 1988 ; Jennifer Maidman joined in 1984 on percussion, bass, ukulele and cuatro ; Steve Fletcher replaced Steve Nye in 1988 on piano and keyboards and Annie Whitehead, who had also appeared on Broadcasting from Home ( 1984 ), joined the live band in 1988 on trombone.

Gradually, fence-breaking elephant and zebra were not viewed as nuisances to be eradicated ; herds of impala were no longer a quick, easy meal.

Gradually a minor cleric puts out each candle except for the top one that is taken around the sanctuary into the vestry ; at that time a moment of silence is shown for Christ's death.

Tom Nolan in his Ross Macdonald, A Biography, wrote of the author, " Gradually he swapped the hard-boiled trappings for more subjective themes: personal identity, the family secret, the family scapegoat, the childhood trauma ; how men and women need and battle each other, how the buried past rises like a skeleton to confront the present.