adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
gradually gain sth
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He is gradually gaining confidence in his own abilities.
gradually reduce
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The aim is to gradually reduce the number of troops in the area.
slowly/gradually
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Things are gradually changing.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
add
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Whisk the egg whites until stiff, then gradually add the caster sugar.
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Mix until smooth and gradually add milk and tomatoes.
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Make a well in the dry ingredients and gradually add butter and sugar mixture.
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In a large bowl, beat together remaining sugar with butter until smooth. Gradually add next five ingredients.
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Stir in the flour then gradually add the milk.
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In another bowl mix together next 7 ingredients; while still beating, gradually add flour mixture and water.
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Cook the roux paste for a few seconds, then gradually add the milk.
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When fluffy, gradually add remaining ingredients and mix well.
become
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Both books, written out of what had gradually become a burning ambition, were however nothing more than starters.
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Although retaining its original basis, religion was gradually becoming more complex.
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Raving and thrashing about, the victim becomes gradually weaker and, if lucky, may eventually become unconscious.
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She was gradually becoming more assertive and less escapist with friends and in her overall attitude toward daily events.
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She became gradually aware of an awful stench.
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The day which since the rain had gradually become hot was now heavy and still and sultry.
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But the differences between this and other homes gradually becomes apparent.
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The addition of learning skills and the intelligent construction of knowledge through exploration gradually becomes a predominant feature of the transactional style.
begin
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Yet, I gradually began to develop quite an angry feeling against my father.
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Then he gradually began to make a habit of stopping by each afternoon and helping Dorothy with different tasks.
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If you were to lift that weight several times, you would find that the muscle gradually began to ache.
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As a result, plant productivity gradually began to decline, along with overall product quality and employee morale.
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Since 1991, however, officials have begun gradually opening up the economy to foreign imports and investment.
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But Jo spoke so passionately to so many people that the sister-parish relationship gradually began to gather support.
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Her head gradually began to clear.
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The home side gradually began to look interested, with the pace of Paul Bennett playing a vital part on the flank.
build
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Karpov is gradually building up the kind of position he likes with two bishops and a potentially menacing mass of central pawns.
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Haider and his followers have been gradually building their support at the ballot box for the past decade.
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Instead they form squelchy peat, which gradually builds up on the surface.
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As he walked behind the plough he had time to think of the easy relationship that had gradually built up between them.
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But start in small ways and gradually build up.
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In this way a good freelance list can be gradually built up.
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It also expects it to build gradually over the next two quarters and then start doing something serious in the fall.
change
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The fill story of how this attitude has gradually changed can not be told here.
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Through Wendt, Hecht gradually changed her attitude about television.
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Life therefore became a form of chemical interaction, with replicators able to change gradually through the mechanics of evolution.
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But the attitude of the state gradually changed .
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It may change gradually over time, as indeed may the level of damages generally.
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As children develop, Piaget found that their concepts of justice change gradually .
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While the topography has remained basically unaltered for millions of years, the ecology has gradually changed .
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This fermentation gradually changes the flavor of the dough as well as the chemistry among all of the ingredients.
come
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Of course it only gradually came to mean all this to me through the succeeding years, through my memory of it.
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As reports gradually came in from the departments, it appeared that a majority were in favor of federalism.
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But the visitors gradually came into the game, and it was the home fans who fell quiet first.
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Midway through that period she sailed for Philadelphia to be with Quakers and gradually came to desire the ministry.
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The judgement of the dead gradually came under the authority of Osiris, reaching its developed form by the New Kingdom.
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As the morning light appears, the gland reduces its output, allowing the body to gradually come back to life.
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It came and sniffed around the edges, and gradually came all the way out.
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We treasured one game in particular, though my love for it came gradually .
decrease
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The laxative dose was gradually decreased after two to three months to a dose that maintained one bowel movement daily.
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Some patients experience a slow decline in their health as the effectiveness of the drugs gradually decreases .
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Under such circumstances the frequency with which you visited the pub would be likely to decrease gradually over time.
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The sum needed to cover the gap would gradually decrease each year as proceeds from parental trust funds phase into the system.
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In the other group, they gradually decreased the lighting level one foot candle at the time.
develop
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With practice, you will gradually develop your own critical faculties and become more self-critical.
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Insects gradually developed resistance to most of the major pesticides introduced in the years since.
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In Britain the fashion for home ownership has developed gradually over three or four decades.
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In quest of mass circulation and advertising support, the major city newspapers gradually developed a tradition of political and journalistic independence.
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Alongside the voluntary hospitals there had gradually developed a state-provided hospital sector.
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A few cases develop gradually over time.
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He conducted research into how artefacts gradually develop over a period of time, the study of which is known as typology.
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It develops gradually , acquiring greater legal protection by stages as the fetus gains viability.
disappear
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After eradication of H pylori, duodenal ulcers do not usually recur and the associated chronic gastritis gradually disappears .
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After the healing winds of laughter had blown through her feelings in this area, the tension and self-contempt gradually disappeared .
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In fact, the chemicals are gradually disappearing , making it harder to pinpoint the extent of the catastrophe.
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It is a rich heritage gradually disappearing as Aborigines become urbanized, Europeanized and victimized.
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If income inequalities were gradually disappearing this would be strong evidence that class divisions were weakening.
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Unless replenished, many beaches gradually disappear as their sand is carried away into deep water.
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But, like the ancient infrastructure, the tanya are gradually disappearing .
emerge
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The effects of these changes have been emerging gradually .
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Smith, eventually sworn into office, gradually emerged as a leader.
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The dependency of the old person may emerge gradually with increasing frailty or suddenly, as after a stroke.
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The shape of things to come only emerged gradually as they unfolded locally at the administrative level.
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Only through such discussions can we begin to probe the ways in which a satisfying and total response gradually emerges .
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What gradually emerged was a project that is still making waves in economics.
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Although earlier crude categories survive in some influential textbooks on ageing, a subtler stance has gradually emerged from this controversy.
erode
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As science had gradually eroded the freedom of time, so it had eroded the freedom of belief.
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A series of predictable actions and reactions gradually erodes their adaptive resources.
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We can never be satisfied, gradually eroding our self-esteem and confidence further.
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We hope our health workers will gradually erode the fabric of their deception.
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These stylistic differences have gradually eroded over the years, and today regional divisions have all but disappeared.
evolve
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This situation has only evolved gradually .
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Thus the constitution can evolve gradually .
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For about two years, this ability has been gradually evolving from sensorimotor behaviors.
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The custom gradually evolved , so that only a token or emblem of life came to be needed.
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According to another speculation, vocal language gradually evolved from spontaneous cries of pain, pleasure, or other emotions.
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The helm evolved gradually from the conical Norman helmet, ear flaps being added.
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It starts as a dull ache that gradually evolves into a severe throbbing pain, centering in the frontal and temporal regions.
extend
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The horizons are gradually extended to include playgroup supervisors and classmates.
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The goal is to run faster for short distances and then gradually extend the distance.
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This principle was gradually extended in the nineteenth century but never reached all areas of state activity.
fade
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The Balfourites did gradually fade from the scene.
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The hills are wrapped in a shawl of pink light gradually fading into dusk.
fall
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Fortunately, the number of these old-fashioned classes seems to be gradually falling .
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StarNet's commitment to community gradually fell away.
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Buildings clearly fell gradually into disrepair, while the fourth-century mausoleum points to a shift in emphasis in at least one area.
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Have the lazy girl watch him from an open window for days and gradually fall in love with him.
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Following the decline of the Stockton to Darlington railway, the station gradually fell into disrepair and was repeatedly vandalised.
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The art of the Minoan seal cutters, like other aspects of the culture, was falling gradually into decay.
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I realised the truth when I became close to a friend of a friend and gradually fell in love with her.
get
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In the shadow of Wenlock Edge it doesn't really dawn, it just gets gradually lighter around us.
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But the innocence of first impression gives way as one gradually gets nearer.
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The voices followed them, gradually getting louder; then, not so gradually, getting louder still.
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The screen remains blank and the audience gradually gets the message.
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I have a week or 10 days off and then gradually get back into it.
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All your efforts and thoughts gradually get turned toward the illness and the treatment.
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He may shadow them for two weeks, gradually getting closer and closer.
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She was over it, and gradually getting back to her old self.
grow
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Private ownership would grow gradually , with small firms multiplying even as big ones stayed in state hands.
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Grandmother implies that he won her over by his cheerful confidence, so that an understanding gradually grew up between them.
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Parapets gradually grew lower and lower until the trench became little deeper than a roadside ditch.
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As it grew gradually nearer, and larger, they soon found it towering over them - a mighty steel fortress.
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The storm had been growing gradually all day.
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Audiences, despite the rejuvenation in the West End, are gradually growing older.
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Behind the shingle formation Romney Marsh gradually grew up and completely filled the former bay.
improve
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That was back in the early 1600s and things had been improving gradually ever since.
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We worked together on gradually improving her diet.
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Service quality was still a problem, but gradually improving .
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Start in class by playing in your own instinctive style and gradually improve and fill it out.
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The weather will gradually improve and by early afternoon the sun will be shining practically everywhere.
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As the economic climate gradually improves , this process will be accelerated through an effective partnership between the public and private sectors.
increase
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These don't have to be permanent measures, just gentle ways of gradually increasing individual confidence.
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Q: Over the past several weeks my husband noticed gradually increased swelling in his stomach.
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He was then able to start taking fluids by mouth in gradually increasing amounts.
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Therefore, these drugs should be initiated at low dosages and gradually increased .
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The best way is to start with a few vegetarian meals a week and gradually increase the number.
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With an electric mixer, gradually increase to high speed to beat butter until creamy.
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Females tend to remain in their natal units, which thereby increase gradually in size.
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Start as softly as possible and gradually increase in intensity until most students indicate they can hear it.
introduce
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The second phase was to be introduced gradually .
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Moby should be gradually introduced to as much of life as possible!
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The first two levels of Fanfare concentrate on developing listening and speaking skills, while reading and writing are introduced gradually .
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Not only that, but 76% are actually doing something about it and gradually introducing more healthy foods into their diets.
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Care management is being introduced gradually and is focusing on those who are particularly vulnerable or need a wide range of services.
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Early indications are that Britain's system X, which Telecom is gradually introducing is not particularly favoured.
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Take one juicy Wilkinson Sword League Cup opponent, gradually introduce a false sense of security - then carve up.
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Oral fluids are introduced gradually until a normal level is reached. 4 Once bowel function returns diet is gradually re-introduced.
learn
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I heard you gradually learn to speak again; and I saw you take your first steps, shaky as they were.
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The first dilemma has been discussed: the managers gradually learned that their subordinates varied extensively in skill and motivation.
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And she gradually learned who among her medical colleagues on the island was willing to take referrals from her.
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Claire began to feel more secure and gradually learned new ways to handle her own anger.
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Pups suckle for three to four weeks before gradually learning to go their own way.
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Louisa gradually learned to attach colors and images to each element in a story.
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It hasn't learned this behaviour; it was born with it, though it gradually learns the finer points.
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By a long process the child gradually learns and uses an increasing vocabulary.
lose
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Gorbad's wound causes him to become weaker and weaker, until the Waaagh gradually loses impetus.
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Truman was so angry that he impounded the first funds, but he gradually lost interest in the whole affair.
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The John Birchers may still be powerful, but they're gradually losing credibility.
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But even the best wear out after repeated power outages and gradually lose their capacity to protect your equipment.
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He underwent five major operations and gradually lost the ability to speak.
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Either by gradually losing their pumping capacity or by sudden seizure, they cause much disease and some heroic surgical intervention.
move
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The various components of the mixture separate as they gradually move down the column.
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The government forecasts its budget will gradually move into balance by 1998 from a 1994 deficit of 10. 4 billion kronor.
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During the 30 seconds they would begin together, gradually move apart and then merge together again.
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In the following days and weeks, she could gradually move into the next room while you talk to her and cook.
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The worst-case scenario for the insurers is a slow-moving front over the upper Thames that gradually moves over London.
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This is evidence of a transgression, meaning that as the Bright Angel Shale was being deposited the sea gradually moved landward.
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Old priorities gradually move down the list while new ones surge forward.
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Again a mobile unit will be important soas to be able to gradually move through the woodland.
reduce
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He was advised that the insurance company involved had been gradually reducing its terminal bonus rates.
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The heretofore brilliant, often blinding light of classical culture was gradually reduced to a pitiful flicker.
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Instead, Micron is working with road-legal silencers and gradually reducing their baffling.
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Under the contract, his salary would be reduced gradually until it reached the pay of similar tenured professors.
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This torque will gradually reduce the axial spin rate of M until it too is in synchronous rotation.
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In the beginning, he tried for sequences of forty-five minutes each, then gradually reduced them to thirty minutes.
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The amount of caffeine should be reduced gradually , over a period of two to three weeks, to minimize withdrawal reactions.
replace
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In telecommunications, optical fibres made of glass will gradually replace the traditional copper cables in new equipment.
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Amtrak is gradually replacing those with newer locomotives that carry fuel tanks inside the main frame.
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Here the dollar gradually replaces the national currency as a reserve value, means of payment and unit of account.
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When lost-wax casting came in, tin-bronze was used but it was gradually replaced by zinc-brass.
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The electric signalling bells did not give satisfaction and were gradually replaced by cord operated bells.
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Some are nurtured into workers themselves, who gradually replace the original species in the nest.
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These provisions will be replaced gradually by new regulations and approved codes of practice.
rise
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In the Allegretto the music begins in the sombre low register and gradually rises through the octaves.
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Spending for air-traffic control and the Coast Guard would rise gradually .
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Household expenditure rose gradually from about £13,000 perannum in 1509 to some £25,000 perannum in the late 1530s.
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But history is against these reactionaries, and the South is gradually rising above Confederate nostalgia.
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As the person gets nearer and nearer to the supermarket so their level of anxiety may be gradually rising in anticipation of difficulty.
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Como was defeated, but gradually rose again to prominence.
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It gradually rose to my left, but remained level ahead as far as distant, hazy mountains.
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This figure rose gradually to over 1,000,000 by the turn of the century.
shift
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The emphasis shifted gradually back to reform.
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Typically in a declining market, prices gradually shift from contract levels to the spot prices, traders said.
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The focus of beauty gradually shifts from the physical body to the inner nature.
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Despite such exceptions, the burden of outcry gradually shifted to people whose religion was not confined in the churches.
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New words are coined or borrowed or made out of combined parts from existing words; the meanings of old words gradually shift .
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Over time, this range of behavior can gradually shift to higher and higher levels.
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It certainly changes: mountains, rivers, glaciers and coastlines gradually shift .
spread
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Later generations gradually spread from the South to build new glasshouses on the Midland and Northern coalfields.
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The institutions of manufacturing capitalism gradually spread worldwide.
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These showers will gradually spread east and some may become thundery.
take
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In London he gradually took over the Underground system and came to control every line except the Metropolitan.
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As I gazed on this incongruous tableau, however, the scene gradually took on a more sinister aspect.
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She had tried, but the rehearsals had gradually taken on the menace of trials of endurance.
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These real and more genuine emotions will gradually take over the place of the former all. embracing negative ones.
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Characteristic is a reluctance to admit the quantity consumed, drinking secretly alone, and taking gradually increasing amounts.
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Suddenly a new aspect appears beyond the obvious and very gradually takes form.
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These C2s are getting very clever, gradually taking over.
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But muddy-looking patches where the local equivalent of body filler had been exuberantly plastered on were gradually taking over.
turn
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Spitzer produces his drawings in a darkroom by applying a titanium mixture on to parchment, which gradually turns black in daylight.
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Watching something two-dimensional gradually turn into something three-dimensional.
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Even more alarming is the feeling that the West End stage is gradually turning into a repository for old Hollywood movies.
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As those technologies filter into Solaris, the operating system will gradually turn into Spring.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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As the weeks passed, I gradually accepted the idea of him leaving.
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Most patients gradually develop a resistance to the drug.
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She gradually got sicker and sicker.
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The climate is gradually becoming drier and warmer.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It began to slide toward the gradually opening door.
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Some patients experience a slow decline in their health as the effectiveness of the drugs gradually decreases.
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The first dilemma has been discussed: the managers gradually learned that their subordinates varied extensively in skill and motivation.
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Then gradually twitches of life manifested themselves and it is now as well as can be expected.
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These cost reductions occurred gradually over a six-year period.