Example sentences of "it [verb] increasingly [adj] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time it became increasingly apparent that research using instruments like the PARI was not producing clear-cut relationships : on the basis of attitudinal measures alone it has proved difficult to predict child personality . |
| 2 | But it became increasingly obvious that Britain , the mightiest Imperial power , was having some difficulty in defeating a relatively small number of Boer farmers . |
| 3 | During the 1960s most of the Western world enjoyed steady economic growth and it became increasingly evident that companies ' main accounting apparatus ( financial reports in the form of income statements and balance sheets and annual budgets ) provided an inadequate basis for thinking ahead . |
| 4 | Although progress on the issue of the local elections had been made in August , it became increasingly clear that opposition demands for them to be held prior to the presidential poll were unrealistic . |
| 5 | It became increasingly questionable whether New Zealand did a gain a big advantage by being able to insert England , for when the early sideways movement died down , it was replaced not be a comfortable batting surface but by increasingly variable bounce . |
| 6 | Everything continues more or less as it had before , and it becomes increasingly evident that Jesus 's death has accomplished nothing . |
| 7 | As controversy rages over the forcible repatriation of the Vietnamese boat people from Hong Kong by the British , and the United States and Britain continue heated exchanges on that and other related matters , such as the possible role of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia 's future , it becomes increasingly clear that Vietnam 's legacy is not confined to those who lost and won the war . |