Sentence examples for overtake one another from inspiring English sources

Though dwarfed by nearby sheaves of bladed flax, or harakeke, the woolly stems can hold their ground like hooves; the individual petioles try to overtake one another, competing harmlessly, like teams in the fairest of sports.

Banks are looking for different procedures of functional improvement to attract customers, since they overtake one another to increase their contribution in market and Profitability; performance evaluation of banks is significantly considered among them and it is become one of the main bank manager activities.

Airport officials had hoped to install a new design feature on the taxiways that would allow planes to overtake one another in the queue, a method for speeding departures.

Formula One has been fighting for years to make it easier for the cars to overtake one another.

This changing of the guard was a reminder of how quickly, in the Internet age, a cost-effective business plan can overtake one built on a reputation for quality.

For example, one good way of getting on his shit list would be to overtake one of the cars his para-military drive.

Rosemary sprigs threaten to overtake one of the beds while red sorrel, mustard frills and arugula fill another.

Until you're good enough to overtake one of them.

Given enough time, fantasies about the Fresh Kills landfill could overtake one's life.

So they aren't looking in the right direction when they overtake one.

It is an obsession that can overtake one's experience of daily events, and can hint of a bridge-and-tunnel apocalypse.