11.   But after Monday night, Valentine wondered if his old friend had begun the gradual process of losing that light.

12.   But this was a gradual process.

13.   Dennis described converting to Judaism as a gradual process of explanation, study and understanding.

14.   Dismissing long-held theories about their extinction, Bakker suggested that it was a gradual process in which viruses eliminated whole species.

15.   Fernandez said the removal of companies would be a gradual process, protecting at all times the interests of investors.

16.   He said it was a gradual process once the brace came off.

17.   Infection by HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus, has been thought of as a gradual process in which the virus acts slowly to undermine the immune system.

18.   It is a gradual process, this making the Lakers see beyond their own athleticism and physical prowess.

19.   It was a gradual process with the little things you pick up.

20.   It was a gradual process, the law slowly changing in the direction of freedom.