The municipal authorities quickly surpassed her in the number of properties under their management.

Grimaud quickly surpassed other children who had been playing piano for years.

The expected price of €4m-€6m was quickly surpassed and towards the end only four bidders remained.

These areas quickly surpassed Italy in wealth and power.

She was expected to have a life span of no more than 10 years; Fisher expected her design to be quickly surpassed.

He quickly surpassed his 2006 minutes played (157 minutes), playing a total of 2,046 minutes.

It is 2.5 times more potent than its predecessor, which it quickly surpassed in terms of sales.

Automobile and parts production quickly surpassed pulp and paper to become Canada's most important industry.

In 1996, when it was raising about $600,000 a year, the college set a cautious fund-raising goal of $25 million, and quickly surpassed it.

CosmoGirl, first published in 2000, quickly surpassed 1 million in circulation.