1.   As America opened wider for blacks in those years and afterward, farm life became less an attraction.

2.   Gas Natural is trying to become less dependent on one source by buying more liquefied gas from Trinidad, Abu Dhabi and Oman.

3.   In any case, when new trade routes to the East were opened, spices became less costly and therefore less stylish.

4.   So mutual funds whose managers trade frantically will throw off more taxes and become less tax efficient.

5.   The movie begins with a long scene of their polite catfighting, shot in one take, which is becoming less a Robert Altman signature than a directorial tic.

6.   The movie begins with a long scene of their polite catfighting, shot in one take, which is becoming less an Altman signature than a directorial tic.

7.   They want the monarchy to become less aloof, more open, and more in touch with the people.

8.   The matches become less fun, the cameras and notebooks more intrusive.