Sentence examples for being surpassed from inspiring English sources

For it isn't clear that there couldn't be two equally perfect beings, each of whom was such that no actual or possible being surpassed it (Ockham, 139 40).

The insiders are not, by and large, fretting about being surpassed by their creations.

Would being surpassed by the BRIC consumers be a bad thing for Americans?

"Now, the $1 million mark is frequently being surpassed there," Houlihan/Lawrence reported.

At school I always did better than he did, and now I feel as if I'm being surpassed.

Confronted with the prospect of being surpassed by Manning, the former Green Bay Packers quarterback was candid.

But even his association is being surpassed in influence by Fujianese organizations, said Professor Kwong of Hunter College.

A company like Intel has to make the most of every dollar it spends, or risk being surpassed by its competitors.

But overconfidence is a recipe for being surpassed — just like as tortoise will do — when you kick back and stare at that World Series ring too long.

Silicon makes up 27.7 percent of Earth's crust; it is the second most abundant element in the crust, being surpassed only by oxygen.

One of Mr Fallows's most interesting recommendations tackles this issue squarely: America should stop worrying that it's being surpassed by others.