Example sentences of "[vb base] more [conj] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we perceive more and more this equal spirit in all things , we pass into that equality of the spirit ; as we dwell more and more in this universal spirit , we become universal beings ; as we grow more and more aware of this eternal , we put on our eternity and are for ever . |
| 2 | Screeching an alarm call , they attract more and more small birds to the scene until the bird of prey is surrounded by a noisy , angry mob . |
| 3 | The Feoda 's apparently innovative character makes the fact that it was produced in the same year as the Norman inquest into knights ' fees seem more than simply coincidental . |
| 4 | Deep down I get more and more frightened . |
| 5 | They believe more and more young people could be feeling the strain . |
| 6 | How might you begin to change the balance so that you feel more and more energised ? |
| 7 | The warmth of him against her side was making her feel more and more unsettled , and her answers to his comments were more than a little distracted . |
| 8 | I feel more and more lonely , and I ca n't wait to leave school . |
| 9 | Each year we tackle more and more difficult problems threatening potential damage to rural Wales , some of an international nature , and others apparently purely local , but nonetheless important for the future . |
| 10 | Indeed , the link between word processors like First Word Plus and desktop publishing is strengthening all the time while stand-alone products become more and more limited . |
| 11 | With time , the cells proceed further and further down the landscape and become more and more distant from each other , reflecting different patterns of gene activity . |
| 12 | With things like art nouveau and Edwardian furniture , when David started buying them , I went and got books to get my act together in order that I knew what he was into , but with drugs , I did n't know , added to which David was very secretive and for a long time I was n't aware that he was having a problem , not necessarily from cocaine addiction , which everybody loves to tell you is not addictive , but it is in terms of the fact that you rely on feeling up to cope — you just become more and more paranoid . |
| 13 | Warnings of eco-wars and the flight of hundreds of millions of refugees can not be dismissed as fantasies : they are probabilities in situations which become more and more apparent as the century nears its end . |
| 14 | Through relaxing and stilling the mind , sinking beneath the constant chatter of the conscious self , we become more and more receptive to the whispers from our Higher Self . |
| 15 | In potencies higher than the 12C the chances of even a single molecule of the original starting material still being present become more and more remote . |
| 16 | The equipotential lines become more and more similar to circles as they get nearer to either charge . |
| 17 | Attempts to solve the problem become more and more radical and the rules set by the paradigm for the solution of problems become progressively more loosened . |
| 18 | As the donor becomes more and more concerned at lack of action the recipient country staff become more and more dubious that the project is really in their national interest , and may even start discussions with another whose conditions may be perceived as less onerous . |
| 19 | They become more and more frequent until they lose all meaning as acts of atonement and become simply acts of smoking . |
| 20 | Moreover , if we bring to this common confusion the elementary historical observation that these presumptive classes of ‘ art ’ and ‘ sub-art ’ or ‘ non-art ’ tend to shift ( all novels , once , would have been in the downgrading classes ; particular classes of novel , for example ‘ science fiction ’ , move from one side of the divide to another , or are straddled across it ; cinema films are ‘ commercial popular culture ’ but then some films are ‘ high art ’ ) , we become more and more certain that we must refuse that beguiling invitation to leave aside ‘ sociological categories ’ and move to ‘ the works of art themselves ’ . |
| 21 | The existence of two rhetorics , of two different systems of understanding and explanation at such odds with one another , leads to a situation in which the lives and aspirations , wishes and needs of each company become more and more opaque to each other . |
| 22 | A major problem , of course , is that as job-searchers become more and more pessimistic about their chances of finding work , so their motivation is reduced and their chances of succeeding in finding jobs become even more remote . |
| 23 | These frustrations will pass when we adopt a very positive approach and with practice become more and more adept at using the ball when it is in our possession . |
| 24 | As specifications become more and more stringent , so they work increasingly with suppliers who give them exactly what they need . |
| 25 | It shows in the clearness of our skin , the brightness of our eyes and the shine of our hair — assets that become more and more valuable when you no longer have the simple attraction of youth on your side . |
| 26 | Sometimes information can be derived from written sources , such as works of history or documents , and these become more and more important from the early medieval period onwards . |
| 27 | Following weeks of arguments , which had gradually become more and more bitter , the crunch when it came had been swift and brutal . |
| 28 | As the state system sinks slowly beneath the waves , the old prep schools become more and more desirable for middle-class parents ( especially London middle-class parents ) to send their kids to . |
| 29 | From then on , the references to pre-capitalist systems become more and more numerous in the work of Marx and Engels , but it was really from 1880 on , when Marx was shown the work of the American anthropologist Lewis Henry Morgan that he and Engels gave a major place to the study of tribal societies . |
| 30 | As you become more and more aware of these little imperfections , you take a look at the kind of life you 're living . |