Example sentences of "becoming more [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The care of people in the community , with are ill with HIV infection and AIDS , together with the education of schoolchildren to help prevent the spread of this terrible disease is becoming more and more urgent . ’ |
| 2 | Some of these diseases are becoming more and more resistant to treatment . |
| 3 | Wood finishes that let the natural beauty of the grain show through are becoming more and more popular . |
| 4 | In his wish for a healthy city he was becoming more and more aware of rural virtues and leaning towards the sort of suspect organicism which would be developed with a vengeance by Leavis . |
| 5 | For him spiritual and political ideas were becoming more and more inseparable in his concern with ‘ culture ’ as a whole . |
| 6 | Yet these non-Conservative elements — the Liberal Nationals and National Labour — were becoming more and more adjuncts to the Conservative party , and they owed their seats entirely to the willingness of the Conservatives not to oppose them in the constituencies . |
| 7 | Tony Visconti : ‘ The fact is that David Bowie was becoming more and more disenchanted with Pitt . |
| 8 | Nut oils , despite their very high cost , are becoming more and more popular for special salad dressings where their flavours are superlative . |
| 9 | Mexican food is becoming more and more popular . |
| 10 | He moaned , with justification , that ‘ People all … wonder why the financial picture is becoming more and more serious . ’ |
| 11 | She tried to find a moment to squeeze in a bit of rest at the sauna , something she could not do during the week ; in the late afternoon , she would always find herself with a vacuum cleaner and duster , because the cleaning woman who came on Fridays was becoming more and more careless . |
| 12 | In terms of proportions of votes cast at elections , the Official Unionists have recently regained the advantage but they have done so by becoming more and more like the DUP . |
| 13 | In this phase , too , the ideological obsessions , the immorality and criminality of the regime , and — as Germany came under pressure for the first time — the draconian repression of the police state , were becoming more and more evident , and could increasingly be recognized by the ordinary civilian population . |
| 14 | Proper pre-planning is becoming more and more a dream . ’ |
| 15 | Endill continued to search on his own but was becoming more and more tired . |
| 16 | Backed by the Emperor , Haussmann planned to bring fresh water to supply fountains and reservoirs by means of aqueducts , in preference to the use of the Seine which was itself becoming more and more contaminated . |
| 17 | Grasmere , too has lost its galleries but evidently they were there once as de Quincey wrote describing them in his Recollections , ‘ A very interesting feature of the elder architecture , annually becoming more and more rare viz the outside gallery , which is sometimes merely of wood , but is much more striking when provided for in the original construction of the house and completely enfoncée in the masonry . ’ |
| 18 | Despite the media army , it is becoming more and more difficult for the Allies to cover up the ancient and ruthless strategy of global domination and exploitation underlying their actions . |
| 19 | European pistes are becoming more and more overcrowded and there is a move away from the endless queues for the ski-lifts . |
| 20 | I feel that people are becoming more and more comfortable with using the centre 's facilities , ’ he said . |
| 21 | As Cliff Bastin later recalled : ‘ Relations between these two had gradually been becoming more and more strained , until it ultimately came to a point at which the question was which of them would be the first to vent his feelings on the other . |
| 22 | The two control sample carers ( Mrs Mitchell 's daughter and Mrs Wilkins ' nephew ) were both still quite definite about wanting to see their relative in institutional care ; Mrs Mitchell 's daughter said that she was becoming more and more anxious about her mother being at risk at home ; and Mrs Wilkins ' nephew saying that she was more than ever in need of care , and the strain upon him of having to cope with her difficult personality was making him wish even more acutely for institutional care . |
| 23 | Early in the summer of 1946 Hellen had been transferred to Toronto and I was becoming more and more disenchanted with the CBC . |
| 24 | While no one would deny the existence of horrendous acts of violence and criminality in earlier times , it is a widely held belief that western , advanced societies are becoming more and more criminal . |
| 25 | Food packets are becoming more and more crowded with facts and figures about the contents . |
| 26 | The language of partnership is becoming more and more important . |
| 27 | People are becoming more and more concerned about the healthiness of their diet and way of life . |
| 28 | Qualifications in computing have international currency ; this is becoming more and more important as the worldwide skills shortage in computing and related professional areas acquires greater significance . |
| 29 | It may seem pessimistic , even morbid , to think about a child , parents , a partner or ourselves becoming more and more dependent as the years go by . |
| 30 | Unfortunately with the appearance of resistance and the necessary switch to less efficient and less persistent compounds , this technique is becoming more and more expensive ; and environmentalists and the householders themselves increasingly oppose their use . |