Twitter has gradually closed itself off to third party app developers, taking many of its functions in-house.
It has vastly expanded the state's media interests, from which all vestiges of dissent have been expunged; and it has gradually closed, browbeaten or infiltrated almost every independent outlet.In this section Out of sight, not out of mind Who needs them?
The Tories have gradually closed the gap with Labour, but, with the official campaign period due to start on March 30th, the two parties remain tied.In this section What will move the needle?
Its decision is an enormously significant one for the death penalty in the United States, and ends a long and chaotic chapter in which governments, drug companies, and activists worldwide have gradually closed the open market for the federally approved drugs that have been used for lethal injections.
However, in recent years, medium- or large-scale multi-purposes biogas plants have been introduced and developed in countries such as China, Brazil, and India (Jiang et al. 2011; Coimbra-Araújo et al. 2014; Singh and Jash 2015), and have gradually closed the gap with developed countries in biogas productivity in the past few years.
Once considered extraordinary, mixing motherhood with elite sport has gradually become closer to ordinary.
Their shared status in European development post-cold war has gradually brought them closer, as they have discovered more in common.
Indiana University, under the 29-year leadership of Coach Jerry Yeagley, has gradually become the closest thing to a men's college soccer dynasty since Virginia's reign a decade ago.
For many years, the gap between the two shows was a million viewers or more, but "GMA" has been gradually closing the gap with "Today" for nearly a year.
The BUPLAS assessment tool was first developed by Company A, a business English consultancy firm based in Manila over a decade ago, and has gradually been refined, in close collaboration with the business, to meet different purposes within the call centre workplace (Lockwood 2010).
But it has gradually acknowledged ties to people close to the Republican Party and Mr. Bush's campaign.
