Example sentences of "[verb] more and " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to my cousin Violet , it is happening more and more in America . ’ |
| 2 | IT 'S NEVER EASY to tell , when something seems to be happening more and more , whether there is a genuine trend or merely an excessive zeal of reporting . |
| 3 | ‘ This sort of thing is happening more and more because the criminals think they can get away with it . |
| 4 | This is happening more and more . |
| 5 | The police and the academics say driver fatigue accidents are happening more and more frequently . |
| 6 | It seems to be happening more and more . |
| 7 | As The Smiths grew in commercial stature , so they encountered more and more professional people , especially in America , and these people constantly told the band to think big , to think mega , to evolve into a major international unit . |
| 8 | and it grown and that 's it , no , they 've got ta bombard it with chemicals and all sorts , they want more and more but what 's the good of producing more and more , but all these people all over the world dying of hunger |
| 9 | Cos he want more and more and more . |
| 10 | As their education and knowledge increase they are pressing more and more each year for better social conditions and for a larger share in the fruits of industry . |
| 11 | Third , the large number of commercial expeditions joining in the hunt for the maritime fur resources of the far East and the North Pacific drew more and more merchants , promyshlenniki and ordinary peasants into those far-flung regions . |
| 12 | ‘ In the past 12 months his play has come more and more to dominate phases of the game , especially against Wales and Ireland . |
| 13 | Mr Brownlow filled the mind of his adopted son with knowledge , and as he watched the boy grow up , he was reminded more and more of his old friend , Oliver 's father . |
| 14 | But that had been all of thirty years ago , and very quickly these demands had multiplied , absorbing more and more time and energy , so that the moments of evening meditation were soon subsumed into the preoccupations and stresses of an active Christianity . |
| 15 | As this work proceeded they began to include discussions of ever-earlier periods , and therefore they moved more and more into the field of anthropology . |
| 16 | The number of consultants overseas continued to grow and the emphasis of the business moved more and more to Europe . |
| 17 | But nevertheless that 's human nature and perhaps it 's also a reason why life should not stand still , whatever progress we make both in housing and in quality of housing and the quality of life , once people are used to that , to that they expect more and this is what progress , what forward thinking is all about . |
| 18 | Trade by water was easier ; the sugar colonies had a very saleable product close to the sea and as they concentrated more and more on sugar they imported their food , first from England , then from Ireland , and by the eighteenth century from New England and from the Carolinas . |
| 19 | ‘ Over the past years , Mr. Attorney , you have let more and more of your other work go to outside firms , so that you could concentrate on one particular client . ’ |
| 20 | In particular , the massive increase in car ownership from about 10 per cent in the early 1950s , to about 58 per cent of all urban households and around 70 per cent of rural households in 1982 ( Phillips and Williams , 1984 ) has let more and more rural people travel to a greater range of destinations at their own time and convenience . |
| 21 | Major industrial companies are contributing more and more funds to charity — some now belongs to the 1% Club and try to reserve 1% of after-tax earnings for charitable purposes . |
| 22 | The care of people in the community , with are ill with HIV infection and AIDS , together with the education of schoolchildren to help prevent the spread of this terrible disease is becoming more and more urgent . ’ |
| 23 | Some of these diseases are becoming more and more resistant to treatment . |
| 24 | Wood finishes that let the natural beauty of the grain show through are becoming more and more popular . |
| 25 | In his wish for a healthy city he was becoming more and more aware of rural virtues and leaning towards the sort of suspect organicism which would be developed with a vengeance by Leavis . |
| 26 | For him spiritual and political ideas were becoming more and more inseparable in his concern with ‘ culture ’ as a whole . |
| 27 | Yet these non-Conservative elements — the Liberal Nationals and National Labour — were becoming more and more adjuncts to the Conservative party , and they owed their seats entirely to the willingness of the Conservatives not to oppose them in the constituencies . |
| 28 | Tony Visconti : ‘ The fact is that David Bowie was becoming more and more disenchanted with Pitt . |
| 29 | Nut oils , despite their very high cost , are becoming more and more popular for special salad dressings where their flavours are superlative . |
| 30 | Mexican food is becoming more and more popular . |