Example sentences of "to become more [conj] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We all worked and lived at the same place and it seemed pretty cool to me at the time , but it started to become more and more negative until it got to the point where I wanted to leave … and I realised that they would n't let me ! |
| 2 | While the primary ethnographic accounts of life and character in such peaceful societies usually present multi-dimensional pictures of complex human beings , these pictures tend to become more and more one-dimensional as the material is employed in secondary and tertiary works , where the original complexity is often reduced to little more than caricature . |
| 3 | Hence one might expect the orbiting gas to become more and more quiescent the farther it recedes from the stimulus of the ILR . |
| 4 | These systems are going to become more and more simple , to accomplish more and more complex tasks . |
| 5 | Conversely , if the house is demolished the layout of the park loses its main feature and is likely to become more and more ragged . |
| 6 | ‘ What could be less noble in reason , ’ he wrote , ‘ less infinite in faculty , than that man , despite his potentialities , should have fallen into such error in the use of himself , and in this way brought about such a lowering in his standard of functioning that in everything he attempts to accomplish , these harmful conditions tend to become more and more exaggerated . |
| 7 | As time went on , the threat of ferocious barbarians seemed to become more and more intense : the Vikings , the Muslims in the Mediterranean , the Hungarians , not to speak of the internal disorders arising from the division of Charlemagne 's empire . |
| 8 | Nearly all of them lay in the Ruhr and Silesia ; those in the latter area were to become more and more important because of the ease with which they could be worked and the quality of Lower Silesian coking coal . |
| 9 | The nature and services of advertising are always evolving , and today 's approach to marketing has caused the role of the planner in agencies to become more and more important . |
| 10 | As the process of CLL goes on , the student becomes familiar with the new language and these negative feelings are dealt with , and the student may be expected to become more and more secure and independent . |
| 11 | These measures would re-connect the living standards of older people with those of society as a whole , rather than allowing them to become more and more detached . |
| 12 | ‘ Some of the TDs can not ignore the situation and it is going to become more and more difficult for Enterprise and Employment Minister Ruairi Quinn to avoid appointing a High Court inspector . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ The idea of my book was to encourage students to become more and more interested in music and composing by giving them first-hand experience of keyboards ’ he said . |
| 14 | The exercises are getting tougher and the additional repetitions are enabling your body to become more and more attractive . |