The idea has grown since then and become increasingly dominant.

Beginning about 500 years ago, grey technology became increasingly dominant, as we learnt to build machines that used power from wind and water and steam and electricity.

These concepts became increasingly dominant from the 1980s and gradually acquired a virtual monopoly on senior university appointments and research funding.

Won two first-half penalties and increasingly dominant in the loose.

On the playing field, major league pitchers were becoming increasingly dominant again.