By 2004 their operations were becoming bigger and more organized, he said.

The more preparation you can do, the cheaper the operation becomes.

The further they go back in the cycle the bigger the operation becomes and the harder it is to conceal.

By January 1981, the operation had become "something serious and something big."

A military operation deep behind the opposing lines became a good deal more practicable if one didn't have to worry about returning the troops.

By the following spring, the operation had become large enough that it was relocated to the ground floor.

Recently, large outdoor growing operations by Mexican drug trafficking organizations have become more common.

Certainly insurance companies, however widespread their operations may have become, were in important respects City institutions.

The company's costs of production have been decreasing as its operations have become more efficient, he added.

Even without the chaos the snatch operation had become, this airplane did not have much flying time left.