These days he has grown less definite.
But in other respects, the situation has grown less encouraging.
But if Wall Street has grown less blatantly sexist, it's still very heavily male.
In his years in office, he admitted, he has grown less confident and increasingly nervous.
If the right has grown more nationalistic, the left has grown less so.
But that comforting interpretation has grown less supportable as knowledge of the real world has expanded.
Investment in both Chinese infrastructure and manufacturing has grown less frenetically.
Under the Obama administration, Professor Mitchell said, the relationship has grown less personal, but backing remains.
In recent years, however, the game of dissing the awards has grown less robust as opportunities for derision have dwindled.
Some experts on the region believe that it has grown less dependent on Iran as it has matured.
In recent years, as Ms. Norman's voice has grown less secure, her artistry has become rather mannered.
