Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] more [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The convent became more open , family and friends came in to share meals and conversation . |
| 2 | Notable among these is the editio princeps of the Liber Physionomiae of Sir Michael Scott , the thirteenth-century Scottish philosopher and reputed wizard made more famous by the Lay of the Last Minstrel . |
| 3 | Outbreaks of popular discontent became more frequent , but were no more effective than the great strike of 1977 . |
| 4 | As the secondary schools developed the discontent became more obvious . |
| 5 | Both the rates ( then the only locally determined tax , levied on property and based on the capitalization of rental values ) and fees and charges declined as a proportion of income , while grant became more important . |
| 6 | As the government squeezed the finances ever harder , British Rail became more efficient , and while even InterCity began by pruning 10 per cent of its mileage , at the end most of the sectors were more concerned about how to handle their increasing traffic . |
| 7 | By the 1930s , as cinema became more popular , the Halls ' fortunes waned . |
| 8 | As agriculture became more intensive , with larger amounts of the same crop grown on the same land year after year , farmers came to rely more and more on chemical pesticides . |
| 9 | The girls kept well in the wings as play became more rugged . |
| 10 | The future inhabitants of this mini-estate can look forward to persistent heavy traffic noise made more acute by the amphitheatre effect of being on a hillside . |
| 11 | The parties at the centre of the political spectrum became more outspoken in their criticisms of the government . |
| 12 | His dementia advanced rapidly , with further impairment of vision , and the myoclonus became more prominent . |
| 13 | Correspondingly , the higher the frequency the smaller the amplitude , and with the introduction of wide frequency range recording , surface noise became more significant . |
| 14 | Entomology became more fashionable once better killing bottles provided the squeamish with a less offensive method of collecting specimens . |
| 15 | To her surprise , the cynical look became more pronounced than ever . |
| 16 | The budget promised more liberal rules on foreign labour . |
| 17 | They clung together , her body offering no resistance as his mouth became more ruthless , more demanding , creating a desire in her so strong that she moaned softly . |
| 18 | With growing princely income and expenditure , the charge of the purse became more responsible ; chamberlains appeared everywhere — in Flanders as early as the tenth century — to control it . |
| 19 | With the approaching end of war in 1918 coalition became more positive because the coalition now had to deal with the issues that had been put aside for the duration , and more controversial because this pushed some Unionists into outright opposition . |
| 20 | Between 1950 and 51 , however , the ‘ political exhaustion ’ of Labour became more apparent . |
| 21 | Since football became more defensive , there has been an increase in the number of score draws , which has reduced the number of jackpot payments . |
| 22 | But as the years passed and British Industry became more sophisticated in recognizing and using the potential of public relations , Franklin changed her approach until she based all her campaigns on concepts likely to be admired even today by any leading consultant on either side of the Atlantic . |
| 23 | As their search became more frantic they found themselves aided by Bismarck , who in February 1869 gave his support to a Prince belonging to the Catholic branch of the House of Hohenzollern . |
| 24 | Laura wondered in a daze as he swiftly divested himself of his own clothing , and then , in the grip of a feverish , shuddering excitement , she responded as his lovemaking became more pressing and urgent . |
| 25 | The Community 's role in this area should be stepped up and its action made more effective , with due regard for the principle of subsidiarity and the respective roles of the member states and the social partners , in accordance with national practices and traditions [ the last phrase being inserted at the insistence of the UK which consistently opposed any extension of EC powers into areas it regarded as relating to employment law rather than to social policy ] … |
| 26 | The Arts Council found its ability to provide patronage made more selective — perhaps rightly so , though the effects proved a serious blow to many theatres and galleries . |
| 27 | The import of the art of scrimshandering as a meditative pastime for the Imperial Fist chapter became more evident to Lexandro when , on a later occasion , he happened to pause near two Battle Brothers who were disputing courteously though passionately not far from the Librarium . |
| 28 | As dawn broke on 30 June the lines of white tape became more obvious to the two soldiers lying in the ditch , a little way up the road . |
| 29 | The estimates from each department became more detailed and were spelt out for each of the future years . |
| 30 | There was some reversion to polytheism and the religion became more magical and ritualistic than ethical . |