Example sentences of "[vb -s] less [conj] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , the more tranquillizers are used , the older and less effective the plunger becomes , therefore , gradually , the same dose of tablets becomes less and less effective . |
| 2 | This situation will change in due course as the younger generation becomes less and less involved in traditional family businesses and educational standards continue to improve , but for the foreseeable future job opportunities will exist for most nationalities in those parts of the Middle East where local populations are insufficient to meet the labour requirements of commerce and industry . |
| 3 | It becomes less and less feasible to equate the relative contraction of the industrial proletariat with the relative expansion of the ‘ middle class ’ . |
| 4 | As they grow , the ‘ natural ’ option becomes less and less available . |
| 5 | However , while it is possible to discount the efficiency consequences at low rates of tax , it becomes less and less easy to do so as the rates of tax get higher . |
| 6 | In Europe , we want to create circumstances in which nuclear deterrence becomes less and less significant as the principles of common security are accepted and applied . |
| 7 | Because of the variety of possibilities at each move , the ability to predict who will win from a given move becomes less and less reliable , the longer the game has to run after that move . |
| 8 | As the value of the dinar sinks , the interest paid by the final borrowers in dinars becomes less and less adequate to pay the foreign exchange interest . |
| 9 | And each of them becomes less and less funny if they are too closely followed by a third . |