The symbols doubtless had their origins as simple pictograms that gradually developed into the conventions now generally used.
Under a heavy traffic load, stress concentration phenomena occurred at the freezing-thawing interface that gradually developed into a longitudinal crack with increased highway operation.
The kora was matched against both the dry, stuttering sound of the n'goni, the traditional Malian lute, and a very western wash of keyboards, for a slow, drifting mood piece that gradually developed into a tight, punchy work-out.
A religious teacher, he became the spiritual head of a community of students that gradually developed into a circle of mystics who cultivated ritual based on poetry, music, and dance.
The pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, one of the orchestra's five artistic partners, as it calls them, conducted Karlheinz Stockhausen's "Kontra-Punkte," a work that begins with points of musical color that gradually develop into contrapuntal lines, which in turn dissipate as one player after another drops out while seemingly remaining at the ready.
The system spawned a low pressure area that gradually developed into a subtropical depression at 1800 UTC on September 10, while located about 325 miles (525 km) west-southwest of Bermuda.
"And that just gradually developed into an understanding that by using data and speaking to each other and working with each other we could strengthen the clarity of the direction as well as identifying the big challenges in delivering a service to an expanding group of complex patients".
In the elastic bonding stage, the shear stress peak point of the interface is close to the loading end, and the displacement field gradually develops into a "V" shape.
While the sun is still low, it starts as a V-shaped upper tangent arc which gradually develops into something looking like the unfolding wings of a seagull.
