Sentence examples for was gradually whittled from inspiring English sources
Mr. Condra's pay was gradually whittled down.
Over the following years, Borden was gradually whittled down.
That government's tiny majority was gradually whittled away in byelections, eventually forcing it to survive by doing more-or-less shabby deals, first with the Liberals, then with the Scottish Nationalists, and ultimately with the Ulster Unionists.
His lead was gradually whittled away by a chasing pack of five and they stayed clear until the finish with Stephane Rossetto of Cofidis, Samuel Sanchez of BMC and Sky's Philip Deignan taking third fourth and fifth.
The number of proposed developments there has been gradually whittled down to a handful.
Similarly Sharif spoke of "constrictions" placed on him from the security establishment and how his "negotiating power with the army had been gradually whittled away".
But the talks were restarted over the weekend and the differences between Mr Cameron on the one hand and Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg on the other were gradually whittled away.
In recent years, at Bank of America's private equity unit, Mr. Forbes oversaw the firm's stake in the China Construction Bank, which has been gradually whittled down.
The common row houses, such as those built in the Washington Square district before 1860, met most of these requirements, but the standards have been gradually whittled away, and the richer the occupying family, the more drastically they have been whittled.
These were gradually whittled down to five, including "Rodent Clearly Making Its Way Through Steve Bannon's Body Throughout National Security Meeting," and "Man Awakening From Seven-Hour Slumber Horrified By Modern WorlD".
It is difficult, if not impossible, to see how the continuing involvement of the home secretary in fixing tariffs and deciding on the release of such prisoners could be maintained". Over the past decade, the powers of the home secretary to determine prisoners' release dates have been gradually whittled away in Strasbourg.
