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

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 forced to give up secular power, the popes focused on spiritual issues.

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, 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, Wise and Morecambe formed a close friendship, and, in 1941, they began their comedy double act, which was to last until Morecambe's death in 1984.

) Gradually existing slaves were also freed, and the last slave was recorded in the state in 1847.

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 losing altitude, he at last reached the English coast, whereupon he ordered all members of the crew to bail out as he knew they would all safely make land.

Gradually, Patty realizes that the Rapture, an event some interpret from the Bible, has happened and she and everyone else left behind are entering into the Great Tribulation, the last days of Earth, dominated by the Antichrist.

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 the official language of Ukrainian provinces under Poland was changed to Polish, while the upper classes in the Russian part of Ukraine used Russian widely.

Gradually becoming contracted below, it is inserted into the middle part of the posterior surface of the calcaneus, a bursa being interposed between the tendon and the upper part of this surface.

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

Gradually Polonization spread to wider population, and for the most part Lithuanian nobility became part of both nations ’ szlachta.

Gradually, towards the later part of his life his financial situation improved and by 1883, he owned 10, 482 acres of land with a total value of £ 18, 080.

Gradually, the state lost its image as a part of the " Great American Desert ".

Gradually the company is broken up, with only a small part remaining to administer its patents.

Gradually, the rulers of the western part of Indonesia adopted Indian cultural and political models e. g. proof of such Indian influence on Indonesian art in the 5th century, i. e. an Amaravati Buddha statue found in southern Sulawesi and a Sanskrit inscription found east of Jakarta.

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

Gradually losing his Catholic faith, he studied literature and philosophy at the universities of Bonn, Würzburg, Freiburg and Heidelberg, where he wrote his doctoral thesis on a minor 19th century romantic dramatist, Wilhelm von Schütz.

Gradually, they adopted Roman titles, names, and traditions, and partially converted to orthodoxy ( 7th century ), not without a long series of religious and ethnic conflicts.

Gradually, judicial independence was established and by the early 19th century Jeremy Bentham wrote:

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 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 in the early-to-mid-19th century, the various mills and villages took shape such as Harris mills, and the village of Harrisville, Mapleville mills, Oakland mills etc.

Gradually through the 19th century the town and surroundings regained some steady growth.

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, French control was established over much of Northern, Western, and Central Africa by the turn of the century ( including the modern nations of Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Ivory Coast, Benin, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo ), and the east African coastal enclave of Djibouti ( French Somaliland ).

Gradually growing in size and scope through the first half of the 20th century, Rider began its move to a more spacious, suburban campus in 1959, when the first offices and classes moved to a 280-acre tract of land on Route 206 in Lawrence Township, N. J. in the minutes of the Board of Trustees ’ meeting from November 15, 1961.

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 throughout the 20th century, the coal and shipbuilding industries ceased, culminating in the policies of Margaret Thatcher, the Prime Minster during the 1980s.

Gradually drained and settled in the second half of the 19th century, it is now highly productive farm land.

Gradually the pace of the hunt became faster, and the terriers were bred with longer legs for more speed towards the end of the 18th century.

Gradually, old Halych depopulated to the point that its only mid-14th century inhabitants were the Metropolitan of Halych and his staff.

Gradually rebuilt, it never recovered from the losses and by the end of 19th century it was rather a provincial town, inhabited primarily by Jewish immigrants from other parts of Russia, from ' beyond the pale '.

Gradually the male head and body was replaced with that of a female, and by the end of 16th century the tail was also changed from that of a dragon to that of a fish.

Gradually, Byzantine influence — which was nominal at best — over the Latin cities of the coast faded away, being supplanted by that of Venice by 11th century AD.

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, branches of the Royal Humane Society were set up in other parts of the country, mainly in ports and coastal towns where the risk of drowning was high and by the end of the 19th century the society had upwards of 280 depots throughout the UK, supplied with life-saving apparatus.

Gradually, hand cannon became obsolete, although it found use in some locales up until the 20th century.

Gradually during the middle of the nineteenth century the number of capital offences was reduced, and by 1861 was down to five.