Example sentences of "becomes more [conj] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If hardware flow control is used , the Z88 will bring RTS low when the receive buffer becomes more than half full and bring RTS high when the receive buffer is less than a quarter full . |
| 2 | As the novel progresses , the central consciousness is increasingly alienated from the institutions which seek to maintain him under their control , and his own discourse becomes more and more transgressive . |
| 3 | It becomes more and more necessary for professionals to know about finance , management ( including self-management ) and even marketing . |
| 4 | Notice how meaning becomes more and more slippery as we move from one layer to the next . |
| 5 | FOOTBALL 'S new Premier League becomes more and more meaningless as millionaires vie with each other to buy the title . |
| 6 | Here dating becomes more and more problematical as the time spans become longer and longer . |
| 7 | As the base of the Japanese economy becomes more and more industrial and commercial , less and less dependent on the support of the rural sector , and as the shrinking agricultural sector in its turn has less to offer to the rest of the economy , this mutual interdependence between the two sectors will diminish still further . |
| 8 | Competition is cut-throat and it seems some of the designers have been taking some dodgy tabs ( or suffering from over-worked stress syndrome ) , as the high-top becomes more and more ridiculous . |
| 9 | Hawkes 's polemical purpose becomes more and more apparent as the book develops : it is to undermine , not only established literary study , but liberal humanism itself . |
| 10 | Questioned more closely on how he gets his sound — for instance , the mind-boggling tone for the slide solo on the Pahinuis ' versh of Steve Earle 's My Old Friend The Blues — it becomes more and more apparent that the unassuming , virtually ego-free Mr. Cooder is far happier discussing musicians other than himself … |
| 11 | If the bird becomes more and more agitated , it simply repeats the whistle more often and perhaps faster . |
| 12 | Dressing often becomes a battle at this time , as you try to hurry the process by helping where help is n't wanted and she becomes more and more frustrated when her leg goes in the wrong hole or the jumper ends up back to front . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The system works excellently over short distances but as the length of the tube increases , so it becomes more and more inefficient . |
| 15 | As work continues it becomes more and more obvious how difficult and complex a task this is . |
| 16 | As the countries of the world , irrespective of bloc , appear to become more and more bound up with one another through the extension of transnational practices , some of which are directly identifiable as practices of global capitalism and some of which not , the fact of the global system becomes more and more obvious to ever more people , though the nature of the global system might still appear extremely difficult to grasp . |
| 17 | In contact with other women the separatist becomes more and more impatient with women who to them seem stubbornly bogged down in male values . |
| 18 | But as advanced technology becomes more and more prevalent , we have to engage in analysis and diagnosis — that is , in ‘ information ’ — even more intensively or risk being swamped by the data we generate . |
| 19 | The cut back of social services by public agencies has meant for us , and I 'm sure for you , er the church becomes more and more important in helping people survive and live more fully . |
| 20 | Greek tragedy concerns a single problem that becomes more and more urgent until it culminates in crime . |
| 21 | But all his caution ca n't hide the fact that this is a substantial achievement , with some particular memorable piano writing , especially towards the end , as the music becomes more and more compelling , ultimately aspiring to the monumental . |
| 22 | Every year the technology of photography becomes more and more complicated . |
| 23 | After a while ... the adhesion of each wine with its own name becomes more and more inveterate , and at last each flavour suggests instantly and certainly its own name and nothing else . |
| 24 | As the house becomes more and more popular , we are attracting quite a select clientele — some of whom I feel would be on yours and every other society guest list . " |
| 25 | At first this premise may seem difficult to accept , but as he maps the argument it becomes more and more plausible . |
| 26 | Erm so it does mean that as parking becomes more and more congested , it the subject does become more and more topical . |
| 27 | It becomes more and more difficult to master this immense complexity which the medium offers . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | It is true that there have been spurts in the divorce-rate as legislation becomes more and more permissive towards divorce . |
| 30 | However , this progress should not disguise the fact that more than half the teaching staff in further education still lack a recognised teaching qualification , an unhappy state of affairs at a time when their task as teachers grows ever more complex and when the overlap with secondary schools becomes more and more marked . |