Sentence examples for picked up largely from inspiring English sources
Earnings of small caps over all have not yet picked up, largely because many technology and biotechnology companies are still losing money, said Jack Laporte, president and portfolio manager at T. Rowe Price New Horizons.
Despite the trauma of frontman Tim Smith's decision to leave the band late last year, after an abortive attempt to follow up 2010's The Courage of Others, Antiphon finds Texans Midlake picking up largely where they left off, with guitarist Eric Pulido now handling vocals.
He said he picked up English largely from watching television commercials, deciphering words from the repetitive sales pitches, with soap and car advertisements bringing him fluency.
Though the economy remains overwhelmingly state-run, growth has picked up, thanks largely to trade with China and some loosening of restrictions on market-style enterprises.
But the McCain-Feingold measure has picked up such potency, largely because many Republicans signed onto it, that Mr. Bush must brace for the possibility it will reach him in one piece.
I also picked up on the largely unused method of spoken word and started to think about that more, narration, the story-teller.
During those dark days, the debate tended to fall along partisan lines, with Republicans backing President Bush's surge policy and with Democrats, especially after the 2006 midterm elections when they picked up congressional majorities largely because of Iraq, opposed.
