Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] more [adj] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Black and Tan outrages had drawn only lame excuses , even denials , from the Government , and it was becoming more and more difficult to contradict the widespread assertion — by the local newspapers , by the man in the street , even by the RIC themselves — that the whole purpose of the Black and Tans was to crush Sinn Fein and the Irish Republican Army and cow the population . |
| 2 | It was getting more and more difficult to feed the cat — and to feed himself . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's more and more difficult to sell the fruit to supermarkets because they 're almost asking for the impossible , ’ he said . |
| 4 | I did my best , but it became more and more difficult to do the work on the farm and look after him . |
| 5 | It has emerged in many countries that , as the standard of living rises , it is more and more difficult to run an autocratic production system using the indigenous labour force . |
| 6 | It was , in other words , becoming more and more difficult to postpone the future . |
| 7 | Such businesses are not going to survive in the face of the pressure being applied by insurance companies to have their customers only deal with approved repairers , particularly when it is becoming harder and more expensive to become an approved repairer and then maintain one 's company as such . |