| The process has been compared to moving a rug by flapping one end of it to create a wave, causing the rug to inch along bit by bit. |
| The lesson is, undo communism slowly, bit by bit, and don't expect democracy overnight. |
| This got wilder and wilder until, bit by bit, the entire drum set was collapsing onto the floor under the fury of this onslaught. |
| We gave away a big chunk of our sovereignty in 1972, and since then, bit by bit, we have been ceding more and more of it. |
| Clubs are demanding their pound of flesh and, bit by bit, are seeking to subvert the supremacy of nationalist interests. |
| The flood water tugs at the cobbles, sometimes moving them bit by bit toward someplace, anyplace, downstream. |
