Sentence examples for gradual success from inspiring English sources

He also issued two edicts concerning the pacification and conversion of Saxony, which reveal the brutality of the process as well as its gradual success.

Ms. Wagner said she hoped other studios had taken note of the film's gradual success, especially how it was able to approach $100 million without ever topping the box office charts.

The A.F.L.'s gradual success at signing quality players forced its 1966 merger with the N.F.L., but the W.F.L. and the U.S.F.L. owners, despite an occasional winning bid, eventually folded.

The 62-year-oldrocker went on to agree with TV talk show host David Letterman, who said he prefers musicians to have the "honest, legitimate stamp of approval" that comes from gradual success.

But if we look at the gradual success of open and free software in general — Apache httpd, GNU/Linux, Mozilla Firefox, et al. — I think Vänskä's on to something.

7. From the courage which his gradual success naturally excited, and his engagement in those various speculations with which the arts are connected, his ideas expanded; and from building huts he soon proceeded to the erection of houses constructed with brick walls or with stones, whose roofs were of timber covered with tiles.

There are several other gradual-success stories: John Mayer has sold 2.7 million CD's, after a first week of only 2,200, and Norah Jones has totaled 5.7 million sales after opening with fewer than 10,000.

But it was the gradual financial success of the complex -- and its rise as a center of money and commerce -- that finally brought it respect worldwide.

Nonetheless, al-Qaida will retain considerable support and once the dust has settled, we will very likely find ourselves in a dualistic position of having two competing international jihadist representatives – al-Qaida, with a now more locally-focused and gradual approach to success; and the Islamic State, with a hunger for rapid results and total hostility for competition.

Though even after 10 years of gradual and spectacular success, he's not taking anything for granted.

On the Cuban side, there is a great issue of face, for the gradual opening and success of the country is a matter of pride for the Cuban Revolution, and it simply will not allow the U.S. diplomatic initiative to take all the credit for genuine changes in Cuba.