Sentence examples for in popularity to the greater from inspiring English sources

Long the pastime of the rich, the sport has steadily spread in popularity to the greater middle class, with an estimated 30,000 enthusiasts clambering atop boards.

An outgrowth of the financial panic of 1907, the no-frills postal bank surged in popularity during the Great Depression.

The numerous statues and statuettes of Heracles found in the east testify to the great popularity of the Greek deity, in Mesopotamia identified with the local god Nergal.

This may in part explain the greater popularity of certain confinement practices compared to a similar study in Ho Chi Minh City [ 4].

The Scientific Sherlock Holmes demonstrates that science plays a big role in the continuing popularity of the greatest detective in fiction.

Porcine MI model has gained popularity due to greater similarity in coronary anatomy and cardiac physiology with humans [28].

Python has been awarded a TIOBE Programming Language of the Year award twice (in 2007 and 2010), which is given to the language with the greatest growth in popularity over the course of a year, as measured by the TIOBE index.

"The Olympics has given handball a great opportunity to grow in popularity, and all the indications are that we are achieving that.

Those industries experiencing the greatest decline in popularity were the ones receiving extensive media exposure since the recession first started: Banking, real estate and the federal government.

Monopoly, which is the best-selling privately patented board game in history, gained popularity in the United States during the Great Depression when Charles B. Darrow, an unemployed heating engineer, sold the concept to Parker Brothers in 1935.

Women's rowing has also gained greater credibility and grown in popularity since the London Olympics when three crews - Helen Glover and Heather Stanning, Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins, and Sophie Hosking and Katherine Copeland - all won gold.