Example sentences of "[coord] it became increasingly [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the next four years , no work of any kind was carried out and it became increasingly apparent that senior officials had decided that The Grange should not be restored after all . |
| 2 | Major financiers and industrialists , notably those in St Petersburg , were made acutely conscious of their dependence on ministerial goodwill and it became increasingly common for senior officials to take up directorships on the boards of leading companies . |
| 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 | But it became increasingly clear that he did not . |
| 5 | There were considerable differences within the country at all social levels about the new religious practices ; aristocrats like the Montagues tried to compromise but it became increasingly difficult . |
| 6 | But it became increasingly obvious that Britain , the mightiest Imperial power , was having some difficulty in defeating a relatively small number of Boer farmers . |