Example sentences of "[v-ing] more and [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I think for Mr to pretend that the Government has nothing to do with our problems , is unfortunately becoming more and more threadbare as an excuse . |
| 2 | I think in general cars , the newer vehicles , are becoming more and more reliable . |
| 3 | By and large I agree with Harvey erm I think one of the lessons that is becoming more and more obvious to more and more parents is that schools are there to educate . |
| 4 | Now in America , through the nineteen seventies and eighties there 's been increasing concern , an increasing concern that the states were becoming more and more dependent on the federal government and these figures suggest that there was good reasons , this was one of Ronald Reagan 's campaign themes , this was a g a growing concern , he said the federal system has been shattered , it 's , it 's changed its character , the states are now dependent on the federal government and this is dreadful and we must , we must change this . |
| 5 | It 's a popular dream , your own country pub full of friendly locals , but it 's becoming more and more elusive as prices continue to rise despite the dive in the house market . |
| 6 | I think that we should accept th that this island in which we live is in effect becoming smaller day-by-day , as it is becoming more and more open er we should accept that its population is becoming perhaps with the assistance of a little advice from myself from time-to-time , rather more mobile than it used to be and I must say that we should I think all accept and I 'm sure we do that criminals do not have any particular respect for local authority boundaries er indeed the existence of the motorway system er despite the M25 does encourage mobility of crime and criminals to a very great extent . |
| 7 | The two men just want to brew their traditional beers and make enough money to live on , but as things stand it 's becoming more and more difficult . |
| 8 | And , we 're becoming more and more stringent on where people pile boxes and other various items of rubbish . |
| 9 | Refugee camps here in Amman are said to be crammed to capacity , the authorities are growing more and more concerned about the numbers of Asian refugees , Indians , Bangladeshis , Pakistanis , Philippinos and Thais . |
| 10 | but you 're using so many different chemicals that it 's getting more and more confusing |
| 11 | But nevertheless , quietly , the community is getting more and more involved and having a bigger say at that level . |
| 12 | Cos you 've probably found that already with maths have n't you that once there 's a little bit you do n't understand they start putting more and more on that you need to know that little bit for and you you do n't know it and you 're getting more and more lost and then it gets a bit late then . |
| 13 | getting more and more intrigued by this and I 'd like to you a question to which I genuinely do n't know the answer . |
| 14 | For the future for erm , for record , we 've not been able in the past to know how people spoke only from books , dictionaries and try to describe how people said things , erm , but this is a living record and I 'm getting more and more embarrassed as the minutes go by and those of you who are doing drama this afternoon , anybody doing drama ? |
| 15 | almost see him sort of getting more and more annoyed just because she wo n't accept what he says . |
| 16 | erm local government , and I regret this , is probably going that way in that the demands upon Councillors are getting more and more , and for various reasons it is getting more and more difficult to find now in local government what I would call the amateur who who I think predominated in it , certainly outside the cities , up to nineteen seventy four . |
| 17 | But what they 've done is , they 've actually dis distorted the rules on P E Ps as time 's gone along and the Chancellor 's allowed them to do it , and the distortions are getting more and more elaborate , and er I think they keep knocking on the revenue door and saying er we , we 've designed this one , is this okay ? |
| 18 | Secondly are we going to cave in to French blackmail again and what will it cost us , and thirdly if we 're going to have even more people going to Strasbourg or to Brussels or to anywhere else , is n't it about time we tried to save the people of Britain who are getting more and more worried and concerned and perplexed about E C , particularly in places like Harrow where they take a special interest in public affairs . |
| 19 | It 's getting more and more important as it goes . |
| 20 | So things are getting more and more fraught with the folks back home who are determined to have him married . |
| 21 | Gayle Rubin has productively suggested that the whole idea of having more and less acceptable areas of consensual sexual activity is one of the concepts which ensures that the oppression of sexual minorities will continue . |