Example sentences of "more and more [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Council indicated a few limited examples of such circumstances ( e.g. to the newly baptized in a Mass following their baptism ) , but here again , once admitted , the essential rightness of Communion under both kinds became more and more widely recognized so that communion is now so given at all Masses in many churches and dioceses throughout the world . |
| 2 | The vote for all adult men at least was becoming more and more widely established ; yet the idea and word " democracy " were still being resisted . |
| 3 | This becomes discouraging because you are accumulating more and more partially learned material , and the more you go on , the worse it becomes . |
| 4 | Returning to our work Sid and I became more and more closely connected with Radio Station 1OAB and during the Annual General Meeting of the association that year I was appointed Programme Director . |
| 5 | To ensure success , these interactions then have to be sustained throughout the innovation process as the technology , markets and cost benefits are more and more closely defined and the final decision to introduce is taken . |
| 6 | As we grow older , who we are will be more and more clearly etched in our appearance , but we can use this positively and work with it , rather than against it . |
| 7 | Lord Joseph ( as Secretary of State , Sir Keith ) saw to it that there should be more parents on the governing bodies of schools ; and since then they have been more and more frequently invoked . |
| 8 | On his returns to England , Edward more and more frequently mixed with people of like opinion , many of them friends or associates of politicians . |
| 9 | Most important of all , its language , now more and more generally accepted as the ultimate badge of nationality , must be supported and a knowledge of it spread as widely as possible . |
| 10 | It seems to me manifest that in a world in which sexual activity is more and more openly presented in all media , in which sex is exploited for purposes of advertisement and entertainment at every level , and in which people 's sexual proclivities are discussed in the plainest terms , children at school need to be given clear information from an early age , and a chance to have their questions answered at various stages of their school career . |
| 11 | He began to expect to own a house ; he more and more rarely worked with his hands ; as he earned more , he found the paying of tax increasingly disagreeable . |
| 12 | This project addresses the question of how far different areas of London and the South East have become more and more geographically differentiated in terms of both socio-economic status and housing tenure . |
| 13 | It was within this ideological framework which was always present but as outlined above became to be more and more publicly articulated by the Tories prior to 1979 that the operations of the justice system in England and Wales need to be considered . |
| 14 | This is very largely because under this Government , maybe under all governments , Ministers are more and more departmentally conditioned before they come to these meetings … . |
| 15 | To be sure , parliament is not the only source of authority : elections have become more and more highly valued as its main source . |