Gradually, the free pronouns shifted from accusative inflection to ergative, since they have come to be perceived by speakers as a special kind of proper name.

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 it dawns upon Helen that her husband must have had a whole succession of young lovers, with everyone except herself knowing everything, or at least suspecting a lot, about it, while she herself, only mildly promiscuous during her student days, was never unfaithful to him.

Gradually, commercialism has made him look more and more like the American Santa Claus, but the Swedish jultomte, the Norwegian julenisse, the Danish julemand and the Finnish joulupukki ( in Finland he is still called the Yule Goat, although his animal features have disappeared ) still has features and traditions that are rooted in the local culture.

Gradually the horrified look we have seen before on the couple and the old woman ’ s faces appears on his.

Gradually, they realise they have all encountered It in various forms ( Ben as a mummy, Eddie as a leper, Bill as George, Richie as a werewolf, Stan as Its victims, Beverley as voices from the sink and Mike as a flesh eating bird ) and link it with a series of child murders which began with George.

Gradually the facilities have changed as time progresses.

Gradually, the number of " John Lewis " style participatory institutions at work have grown, often mirroring European standards.

Gradually she transforms herself into the kind of sophisticated young lady Henchard believes he ought to have as a daughter.

Gradually they get to know more and more, and Avicus seems to have been made by Akasha before becoming " A God of the Grove ".

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 original inhabitants have been evicted and Bulgarian settlers from Asia Minor coast and the Aegean Macedonia moved in.

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 keys were added to serpents ( the most appear to have been 14, on instruments made by Thomas Key ( London, c. 1830 ) on display at the Museum of Welsh Life in Cardiff, Wales ( another specimen is owned but not displayed by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City ).

Gradually, from the 1960s, 1970s and through into the 1980s, the cultural influences of the Merry Pranksters, the freak scene, the New Age movement and the Convoy idea seem to have coalesced into what became New age travellers.

Gradually, Gramm's health and energy have rebounded.

Gradually the Archbishop of Cyprus became not only religious but ethnic leader as well, something the Ottoman Turks promoted, wanting to have somebody responsible for the loyalty of the Greek flock.

Gradually, behavior modification / applied behavior analysis within the penal system including residential facilities for delinquent youth lost popularity in the 1970s-1980s due to a large number of abuses ( see Cautilli & Weinberg ( 2007 ) ), but recent trends in the increase in U. S. crime and recent focus on reduction of recidivism have given such programs a second look.

Gradually the natives realised that the assassinated woman must have emerged as a Goddess who they called Manakkott Amma.

Gradually as many as ten separate mocambos had formed and ultimately coalesced into a confederation called the Quilombo of Palmares, or Angola Janga, under a king, Ganga Zumba or Ganazumba, who may have been elected by the leaders of the constituent mocambos.

Gradually he realized that he would have to follow the Buddha's example and take the wilderness itself as his teacher.

Gradually, succeeding athletes have surpassed his times, and after the 2007 season the 110 meter hurdle time ranked fourth best and the 100 meter dash time was fifth.

Gradually, the new pharaoh shifted the focus to the god Aten, eventually declaring that Aten was not merely the supreme god, but the only god.

Gradually they moved eastward, first into the centers of the Mali and Songhai empires and eventually into Hausaland and Borno.

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 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, 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 Brock started to be published, firstly in the smaller magazines and eventually in the Times Literary Supplement.

Gradually, the maximum number of members was raised, and the limit was eventually abolished.

Gradually he tired of political journalism, began writing plays, and was eventually commissioned by Tony Garnett to provide a script for The Wednesday Play ( BBC, 1964 – 70 ).

Gradually, Carla delves deeper into the conspiracy surrounding the crime, and finds odd events occurring that eventually drive her to team up with Lucas.

Gradually, the Japanese were pushed back and eventually overrun on 8 February.

Gradually the Ashaninkas moved down river and eventually melted with the colonists.

Gradually, these " traditional " titles lost some of their content, and the régulos and cabos de terra came to be viewed as an effective part of the colonial state, remunerated for their participation in the collection of taxes, recruitment of the labor force, and agricultural production in the area under their control.

Gradually, as the threat of Seminole Indian attacks was becoming increasingly unlikely, people began to move into the area around the Indian River.

Gradually " Leinster " subsumed the term of " The Pale ", as the difference between the old Pale area and the wider province, now under English administration, grew less distinct.

Gradually Coplay changed from a farming area into an Industrial Community.

Gradually, farming techniques grew more and more in the area, until by the late 1960s almost 50 percent of the township was in farm lands.

Gradually the town grew in population as more people from the Dallas-Fort Worth area discovered its rural charm.

Gradually, additional people settled in the area, and by the end of the 1880s, a small number of logging, farming and boat-building communities were established.

Gradually the area was reconquered.

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, 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, as population increased and the area became an identifiable location, it became known as Waterloo.

Gradually, the area became more and more overgrown with newly grown brush composed of the saplings of deciduous trees, and became to resemble more of a young wood.

Gradually, Piper learned to control this ability and freeze everything in the immediate area by a conscious act of will and gesturing.

Gradually, the area without the plant was given to Poland: Mścięcino ( formerly Messenthin ) on 7 September 1946, and Police ( formerly Pölitz ) with Jasienica ( formerly Jasenitz ) on 19 September.

Gradually, the crown of Singapore sold plots of land in the area stretching from Frankel Avenue, Siglap Road, to the Geylang River.

Gradually, the centre of the town moved from Corpo di Cava, the walled town close to the abbey, to Borgo Scacciaventi, known in dialect as lo commerzio ( the commercial area ).

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, agriculture returned to the area, although the region has been affected by the collapses in the wine, orange and potato crises during the 19-20th century.

Gradually the protest spread to nearby industrial towns and villages and by the end of May the whole area was in rebellion, and for the first time in the world the red flag of revolution was flown.

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 the focus of activity changed from the area around the church and the station to the crossroads or ' Square '.

Gradually it dawns upon the three that they might be the only survivors in the area, maybe in the world.

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, the entire area was catering to the tourism industry, though the grain bazars of Mughal era were long gone, in early 20th century, Paharganj still had principal markets in Delhi for building materials, cement, timber and steel, but by 1947 they had mostly shifted to other locations in the city, while Paharganj had become primarily a densely-populated residential and commercial area, replete with cheap hotels and restaurants for domestic and foreign tourists.