Sentence examples for until overtaken from inspiring English sources

Up to 1967 regionals could boast that they represented the largest media advertising sector in the UK, until overtaken by television when colour TV came in.

At the Battle of Dandānqān (1040), Masʿūd lost control of Khorāsān, his main holding in Iran, to the pastoralist Seljuq Turks; he then decided to withdraw to Lahore in his Indian domains, from which his successors ruled until overtaken by the Ghūrids in 1186.

Cash-starved GM, the world's biggest carmaker for 80 years until overtaken by Japan's Toyota last year, is in the throes of a multi-billion dollar bail-out by the Obama administration and sacking another 47,000 staff, including 26,000 outside America.

Hastings made 61 appearances for Scotland, amassing 667 points, which was a record tally until overtaken by Chris Paterson in 2008.

By 1911, Winnipeg was the third largest city in Canada, and remained so until overtaken by Vancouver in the 1920s.

With increasing industrialisation, London's population grew rapidly throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, and it was for some time in the late 19th and early 20th centuries the most populous city in the world until overtaken by New York City in 1925.

We hiked until boredom overtook us.

He took the lead on the backstroke leg and held it until Lochte overtook him on the breaststroke.

"Vamp till ready" is music-business jargon for this Zen-like ritual of marking time until performance overtakes preparation.

I drive until we overtake the previous bus, and then pull over at its next stop to let him out.

It was the second-biggest market until China overtook it earlier this year, but the Japanese idea of fun is different from other people's.