Example sentences of "[det] and more [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | As concerts became fewer and more difficult to fill , he turned to writing music suitable for publication — fewer large-scale works such as symphonies and piano concertos , and more chamber music suitable for domestic consumption . |
2 | The stress concentration gets worse and the Griffith energy balance gets more and more favourable to crack propagation . |
3 | It gets more and more embarrassing to watch Dustin Hoffman coughing and limping as if he 'd come straight to the film from a Broadway theatre . ’ |
4 | As we probe further it will become more and more necessary to re-assess the relationship between the two modes as dialectical rather than that of opposites . |
5 | The aspect of the disease statistics of the twentieth century which strikes us most is the tremendous rise , particularly since the Second World War , in the incidence of all chronic diseases , which prove more and more difficult to treat despite the vast array of modern pharmaceutical drugs now available . |
6 | Most of us would like to think of growing old gracefully , enjoying the years of retirement , surrounded by family and friends … but as we get older , it becomes more and more difficult to get about and meet others . |
7 | erm local government , and I regret this , is probably going that way in that the demands upon Councillors are getting more and more , and for various reasons it is getting more and more difficult to find now in local government what I would call the amateur who who I think predominated in it , certainly outside the cities , up to nineteen seventy four . |
8 | It becomes more and more difficult to master this immense complexity which the medium offers . |
9 | Given the reluctance of some courts to convict on forensic evidence and the fact that terrorists do not usually leave a signed visiting card at the scene of the crime , will it not become more and more difficult to obtain convictions ? |
10 | In particular , he found that in an organisation committed to consultative management , a superior may become more and more reluctant to exercise his authority . |