Sentence examples for could well overtake from inspiring English sources
Chairman Mao said in 1957 that China could well overtake the industrial output of Britain within 15 years.
Now a deputy prime minister, he knows that, were Albanians to vote in fresh elections, his Radicals could well overtake the Socialists as the biggest single party.An astute politician, Mr Seselj had threatened to pull out of the coalition government if foreign peacekeeping troops were allowed into Kosovo.
The film looks certain to overtake the lifetime total of Alice in Wonderland (£42.5m) and could well catch The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (£44.4m) – two family titles that far exceeded box-office expectations.
The technical superiority of Taiwan's weaponry could well be overtaken by China's within a few years.Kurt Campbell, the Pentagon's senior official responsible for the region at the time of the crisis in 1995-96, says the biggest cautionary tale was how difficult America found it to communicate with the Taiwanese and to understand their capabilities and intentions.
In 2010, it may well overtake retirement.
Hong Kong and Beijing may well overtake New York as the billionaire capital soon – but not yet.
It was well overtaken by Google a few years after that.
It rises from No. 21 (just behind its recent No. 19 high point) to a new peak of No. 3, and if things go well, it could overtake "Bodak Yellow" and become a chart-topper in no time.
