Sentence examples for it was overtaking from inspiring English sources

It comes to her how, with the government, too, she believed she could manage it, yet once unleashed, it was overtaking her, all of them".

It was the tallest building in Perth from its completion in 1988 until 1992 when it was overtaken in height by Central Park.

That night, the rain was brief but its sweet smell lingered on the dense air until it was overtaken by the cloying odor of wet dust.

It was overtaken by sister station Capital, which increased its audience by 10.6% on the previous quarter and 16.9% year on year to 2.13 million.

Meyer suggested it was overtaken in the spring or summer of 2002.

It was overtaken in the ratings by CNBC's "Business Center".

Until 2009, when it was overtaken by China, Japan was the world's biggest producer of cars.

Adding insult to injury, it was overtaken by France as the world's biggest producer.

It was on top from 1997 to 2011 before it was overtaken by "Muslim".

Sainsbury's was the market leader until 1995, when it was overtaken by Tesco.

Snapple created that category back in the 1980's, but it was overtaken by Lipton several years ago.