Assertion: country's resource | /r/CapableOf | flex its military muscle
Facets:
value: increasingly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The East India Company's control of the seas, greater resources, and more advanced military training and technology led it to increasingly flex its military muscle and caused it to become attractive to a portion of the Indian elite; these factors were crucial in allowing the company to gain control over the Bengal region by 1765 and sideline the other European companies.