Sentence examples for steadily took from inspiring English sources

There was the usual exploratory sparring for the first 25 minutes or so before Djokovic steadily took the upper hand.

But Essendon steadily took control and led by 27 points at the main break in a game that was often scrappy.

As the initial stimulus steadily took effect, it would gradually draw in the private sector's cash surplus as the level of aggregate demand began to rise.

With the suppression of the Jesuits (1773 1814) and the decline of Spanish and Portuguese influence, Roman Catholic missions found themselves at low ebb, but French and other European missionaries steadily took up the slack.

If the hosts were slightly unlucky when Simpson seized on a loose ball and sent Daly scooting away for Wasps' opening try, they had no answer to the straight running, deft handling and pacy counterattacking that steadily took the game away from them.

Instead, Tennessee gave up just one more basket and steadily took advantage of Michigan's miscues.

The 2012 primary calendar is steadily taking shape.

Thus protected, it steadily takes charge of the economy's commanding heights.

The Soviets continued to advance steadily, taking Belgorod and then Kharkov.

The crowded huts, the waiting for food handouts, the idleness are steadily taking their toll.

These plans are steadily taking shape, explained Suresh Nair, a regulatory expert at Ernst & Young.