Sentence examples for almost outstripped from inspiring English sources

Spurred by this signal, Harvey pushed his ship forward and almost outstripped Queen Charlotte, blocking her view of the eastern half of the French fleet for a time and taking severe damage from French fire as she did so.

Our practice in year 2009 almost daily outstripped PACU capacity which resulted in patient transfer delays from the operating room to PACU.

Last year peak demand outstripped supply by almost 15%.

Demand for shares far outstripped supply, with almost 700,000 private investors applying for shares.

But the percentage of single mothers with children under the age of 18 who are poor outstripped that of almost every other group.

But Celtic's turnover still outstripped that of Rangers by almost £35m, an astonishing leap ahead given the historic closeness of the great rivals.

"The rising cost of an average UK funeral is very concerning; it's outstripped inflation considerably for many years –almost in line with house price rises, which as we know continue to rise rapidly as demand outstrips supply,"  Royal London funeral cost expert Simon Cox said.

So governments have been drawing them down as world rice consumption has outstripped production for most of the last decade.

According to the Project for Excellence in Journalism, coverage of Palin's family outstripped coverage of her record by a factor of almost two to one: "Together, media narratives about McCain and the convention--including the proceedings themselves, Hurricane Gustav's impact, McCain's speech, and George Bush's role--accounted for 43% of the campaign newshole.

Glaxo's most successful drug, the ulcer pill Zantac, outstripped SB's Tagamet largely because it was promoted ingeniously.

In the most recent reporting period, Walker's fund-raising outstripped that of his opponents nine to one.