Sentences with phrase «largely died out»

Ercol used to work with elm, but as the English elm has largely died out in the UK due to Dutch elm disease, it now uses primarily elm, beech, ash and oak imported from regenerated forests in North America and Europe.

But manufacturers didn't seem to like it, and the initiative largely died out.

Luckily, at least in my neck of the woods, good old boy networks have largely died out or were never there to begin with.

These two individuals simply had the good fortune of successfully passing on specific portions of their DNA, called the Y chromosome and the mitochondrial genome, through the millennia to most of us, while the corresponding sequences of others have largely died out due to natural selection or a random process called genetic drift.

The sad truth is that even the language of Christian sign and symbol has largely died out in people's consciousness, so deep is the sterilising effect of secularism upon our culture now.

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The dying out of Christianity in China was largely a consequence of the collapse of Mongol rule.

Baptists drowned antibaptists, the KKK was largely a protestant organization, Catholic priests were killed in England by having their guts ripped out by protestants and left to die.

Directed by Ruben Fleischer and written by Will Beall (a real - life detective turned screenwriter; it's his script that's largely responsible for «Gangster Squad» turning out so fun — some of those conversations are to - die - for!)

The Java «city car,» made largely out of recycled materials and the clear inspiration for Ford «city car» one decade later, died for similar reasons.

The only drawback is longevity due to the fact that most games of Raiders will feel largely the same, but that also makes it a good game to bust out every few weeks or months rather than constantly plopping it onto the kitchen table while screaming something about Valhalla and it being a good day to die.

This success has been largely due to a major gallery restoration project and sell - out exhibitions such as Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, in celebration of the innovative designer who died in 2010, which attracted a record - breaking 493,043 visitors from 87 countries.

This is largely because as the policyholder ages, the more likely they are to die and thereby require the insurer to pay out a death benefit.