Sentence examples for increasingly assuming from inspiring English sources

Until recently the US largely shaped globalisation but now China is increasingly assuming that role.

In the absence of parents' putting on the behavioral brakes, schools are increasingly assuming the traditional parental role.

Internationally renowned for his eye for capturing the instant, the photographer, is increasingly assuming a role in preserving his nation's rich cultural past.

Rebel activity continued, however, increasingly assuming the form of banditry and often motivated more by tribal rivalry and personal vendetta than by political aspiration.

But signs of a shifting mission were already evident, with ground forces increasingly assuming peacekeeping duties even as combat troops rooted out remnants of Iraqi military and irregular forces.

Kim Il-sung and his son Kim Jong-il, who by the nineteen-eighties was increasingly assuming his father's duties, offered "on-the-spot guidance" to address the country's problems.

With two-income families the norm, and with women increasingly assuming the role of primary breadwinner, Ms. Sommers's criticism of the Paycheck Fairness Act reminds us of Chicken Little crying about the falling sky.

With Mr. Keegan increasingly assuming day-to-day responsibilities, Mr. Gibara is spending even more time away from Akron, swapping management ideas with other chief executives, educating politicians and reporters about tire technology, reassuring employees and customers that Goodyear's tires -- and bottom line -- are safe.