Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [adv] [adj] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the base of the Japanese economy becomes more and more industrial and commercial , less and less dependent on the support of the rural sector , and as the shrinking agricultural sector in its turn has less to offer to the rest of the economy , this mutual interdependence between the two sectors will diminish still further . |
| 2 | This is of importance as long as those over a certain age , as well as those under another , are regarded as economically and socially dependent on the rest of the population . |
| 3 | Our conversation more or less hinged on the fact that he was Vietnamese , so I do n't know why I forgot . |
| 4 | What is more or less manageable on an average wage , like paying the TV licence or buying shoes , causes a major cash flow crisis when you 're living on supplementary benefit . |
| 5 | Well again er I would say conditions were were terrible as far as I was concerned , er a as far as tea breaks and what have you were concerned , you did n't have any what we would call official tea breaks , you simply took your chances and made a cup of tea and hid behind a bulkhead or whatever to drink this , er if you got caught by the foreman or the manager or somebody , then you were more or less bagged on the spot . |
| 6 | ‘ The Church of England has been getting more and more liberal on the matter . |
| 7 | And as we " progress " towards the twenty-first century we are rapidly consuming all the stores of energy that are easily consumed and thus becoming more and more reliant on the less accessible stores of energy . |
| 8 | There has been an extraordinary rise in the sales of diesel cars in the UK over the past two years and diesel is proving more and more popular on the continent too . |