Assertion: tattoo | /r/HasProperty | applied to fewer and fewer soldiers
Facets:
value: towards the end of the war
type: TEMPORAL
value: gradually
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Although the tattoo was widely used in the early war years, over the course of the war it was gradually applied to fewer and fewer soldiers, and towards the end of the war, having the tattoo was more the exception than the rule.