Sentence examples for about to overtake from inspiring English sources

"It's like saying I am about to overtake and pass by, so please mind the way.

The rock was massive and slick; the creek was about to overtake it.

Camcorders that record onto miniature DVDs (29percentt) or little hard drives (22percentt) are about to overtake them.

The number of people living in cities is about to overtake those left behind in the fields.

In Central America, Panama is about to overtake Costa Rica in terms of GDP per head (and already has in purchasing-power terms).

Forty years on, guess which is by far the most profitable car firm and about to overtake Ford as the second largest in the world.

These days it is increasingly about trying to overtake Team Ford.

The Red Sox do not talk anymore about trying to overtake the Yankees.

Americans overestimated China and got into a kind of anxiety syndrome about China trying to overtake U.S. preeminence, which is least on the mind of the Chinese.

Nicklaus also was not biting on any questions about Woods's quest to overtake him, starting with one asking him about the oddsmakers having installed Woods as even money to win the Masters.

Executives often squirmed when asked about Toyota's race to overtake General Motors as the world's top automaker.