Sentence examples for slipping further away from inspiring English sources

I found the film becoming more and more stylised and the boundary with fiction slipping further away until I nearly let go of the rope altogether.

Which would not necessarily be a major problem, but they were six points ahead of Madrid not so long ago and the sensation is that they are slipping further away.

Similar to the results of the former initiatives, a progressive future for Detroit seemed to be slipping further away in the long-term development perspective.

I created more and more games just to keep us all doing and thinking but most of all to keep Christine's fund of knowledge from slipping further away.

With each passing day, the urgency that accompanied the Newtown shooting slips further away.

The characters don't gain depth as the story proceeds; they slip further away from us.

The danger, however, which is preying on the manager's mind, is that they could slip further away.

Nevertheless, Bill Compton is angry, and you can tell that he's really, really cross, because his American twang slips further away from him the louder his shouting gets.

With Yemen's network of militant Islamic groups declared off-limits by Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, the bureau's chances slipped further away of proving its "working theory" -- that the Cole attack was the latest directed by Osama bin Laden, the Saudi Arabian millionaire who has become an icon among Islamic militants for his "holy war" against the United States.

Crude futures declined Monday as traders continued to liquidate on optimistic supply comments from OPEC's president and expectations that prices would slip further away from the $50 threshold.

The early phase of a project may be satisfactory, but as it progresses, problems begin to crop up, the senior team has to get more and more involved, and the goal slips further away.