Sentence examples for outstripped it from inspiring English sources

The gradual silting of the River Dee led to its decline, and by the 18th century Liverpool had outstripped it.

Among the general subjects that outstripped it were balloons and balloonists, the Church of Scientology, dogs (though not dog sledding), and Pamela Harriman, the former ambassador and socialite who died in February 1997, a calamity that evidently required recording twenty-two tines in the Times.

This can occur either because the sterile mutation was never the most-fit individual in the population (i.e., existing variation) or because subsequent mutations outstripped it (i.e., new mutations).

If the oil price falls further, Apple will surely outstrip it.Oil remains a vital raw material, and Exxon can extract it from difficult places more efficiently than any other firm.

In 1876 Qiongshan was opened to foreign trade, but thereafter the outport of Haikou began to outstrip it in size and importance; Haikou separated from Qiongshan in 1926 and became an independent city.

Teaching based on cognitive theories of learning recognizes, first, the growth in quality of intellectual activity and capitalizes on this knowledge by organizing instruction to anticipate the next stage in development but does not await it; otherwise there would be no instruction; i.e., instruction should pace development but not outstrip it.

And America will only really be eclipsed when China's GDP outstrips it in plain dollar terms, converted at market exchange rates.Since by that reckoning China's GDP is currently only two-fifths the size of America's, that day may still seem distant.

But America will only really be eclipsed when China's GDP outstrips it in dollar terms, converted at market-exchange rates.In 2011 America's GDP was roughly twice as big as China's, down from eight times bigger in 2000.

By the middle of the 19th century, though the Consumer Price Index had fallen (and the price of a loaf had remained the same, still about fivepence halfpenny), the cost of a Folio had gone on rising, to 5000 loaves, and when the Consumer Price Index started to escalate dramatically around 1950 this particular corner of the antiquarian book trade was more than ready to outstrip it entirely.

There is one area in which the current series unquestionably outstrips it predecessor: the cost of witnessing the games.

However Apple's share was down 2.81 percentage points on the year ago period, when StatCounter pegged its share at 28.67 percentt — meaning a declining Nokia ceded its place to the iPhone maker, rather than Apple growing to outstrip it.