Sentence examples similar to successive by from inspiring English sources

Winning the by-election easily, after four successive by-election defeats since Mr. Brown became prime minister, buoyed Labor officials, who had already been scenting a wider upturn in the party's fortunes after Senator Barack Obama's victory on Tuesday in the United States presidential race.

Numerical values were assigned by successive side-by-side comparisons.

For farther solar system travels successive fly-bys around selected planets allow "free" velocity gains.

Aqueous solutions of sugar cane juice were prepared by successive dilutions by 10.

This is, however, not the case with the uniform prior, where the marginal likelihood can nevertheless be calculated by successive integrations by part.

The rebels have fought since 1983 to create an independent homeland for the minority Tamils, who have been marginalized by successive governments controlled by Sri Lanka's Sinhalese majority.

After three successive defeats by that humiliating scoreline, going down by a single goal represents progress of sorts.

Then the Giants were trounced in successive weeks by Washington and Tennessee.

For the Georgia manager, Temuri Ketsbaia, a sixth successive defeat by Ireland proved hard to accept.

America's industrial production fell in October for the third successive month, by 0.8%.

Successive raids by British, Dutch, and French marauders and buccaneers further devastated the island.