Example sentences of "slowly but [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | French and Jewish ‘ influence ’ went hand in hand for many Germans and allowed Völkisch opinion on the matter to flourish : slowly but surely the word Völk came to mean not simply ‘ people ’ , but also ‘ populist ’ , and to imply a sense of common identity and of racial superiority over those peoples who needed the French to emancipate them . |
2 | Slowly but surely the rights of trade union reps are being eroded . |
3 | Well , by the 9th we still held our two-stroke lead , and slowly but surely the galleries got bigger and bigger . |
4 | Slowly but surely the mass of bodies was yielding … soon it would be forced out into the drawing-room like the cork out of a bottle of champagne . |
5 | Sheer tiredness relaxed her limbs , and slowly but surely the warmth sent her off to sleep . |
6 | Imperceptibly , slowly but definitely the eyes of my mind focussed more and more on that eye in the desert , Al Ain . |
7 | Slowly but inexorably the band draws nearer . |