Example sentences of "was become [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It became obvious as the system model was expanded to activity and then information level that the volume of data produced was becoming impossible to handle and comprehend using manual methods only . |
| 2 | Originally a resident of Celtic Crescent , he had found that even with the occupancy of two adjoining houses there it was becoming impossible for him to accommodate his growing family along with the near and distant relations from Dublin and England who availed of his hospitality in a constant procession . |
| 3 | The wind of change was becoming gale-force . |
| 4 | Manual searches of their large and continually growing personnel registers for matches to a customer 's specific requirements was becoming uneconomic due to its labour intensity . |
| 5 | East German opposition leaders said the atmosphere was becoming explosive , and appealed to the public to avoid violence during East Germany 's fortieth anniversary celebrations at the end of the week , which President Mikhail Gorbachev is due to attend . |
| 6 | It was becoming battered and shapeless . |
| 7 | Her voice was becoming sharper . |
| 8 | The echoing chord of fond exasperation was becoming familiar to Meryl . |
| 9 | He picked up one of the envelopes and held it up to the light : the watermark showed the heraldic hybrid with which he was becoming familiar , with the wings of an eagle and the body of a lion . |
| 10 | Hari had already got to his feet and little by little was becoming animated again . |
| 11 | The difficulty was compounded by the new knowledge that was becoming available through the flowering of 17th century science . |
| 12 | In addition to a steady flow of Western social , political , economic , and scientific works , contact was being made with Western radical organizations , including the first International , and an expanding body of Russian social criticism was becoming available . |
| 13 | They could now proceed in the knowledge that a small but growing number of nuclear weapons was becoming available to the British armed forces . |
| 14 | Dr John Canning , of the local medical committee , said he was very pleased the service was becoming available . |
| 15 | ( c. 36 ) Whereas outside the realm , the king needed warning of any rebellion by subject peoples , or any imminent attack , " inside the realm [ the vital point was to find out ] if the people ( populus ) in any part , region or corner of the realm was in a state of disturbance , then what was the cause of it , and if a complaint of the people was becoming serious or if a noise was being made about some injustice about which it was necessary for the general assembly to deal " . |
| 16 | The heat was becoming torrid and under his armpits his shirt was pasted to his body . |
| 17 | The Doctor was becoming thoughtful again . |
| 18 | Despite regulations regarding design , the sport was becoming dangerous as engines were built to be more powerful and , following the abandonment of the 1903 Paris-Madrid race due to many accidents , notably to pedestrians , road racing was banned . |
| 19 | The situation was becoming dangerous . |
| 20 | Bangert kept Cambridge going , but his cause was becoming desperate . |
| 21 | So now I was becoming desperate , so I tried an osteopath and was able to get a little relief from minor repositioning of the discs . |
| 22 | Downstairs , the Collector was becoming desperate . |
| 23 | In the ‘ pops ’ market , the distinction between the Sundays and the dailies was becoming fuzzy . |
| 24 | It was becoming more widely accepted by our management that , with the increasing sophistication of our craft and equipment and the growth in crew numbers , proper training for all crewing officers was becoming essential . |
| 25 | George Ball , however , believed that a change of policy was becoming essential in response to the more pessimistic diagnoses . |
| 26 | I was delighted that the hon. Member for Antrim , East told the Select Committee on Energy that , with the introduction of gas and interconnection , competition was becoming possible . |
| 27 | Others argued , however , that the man was straining political toleration too far , and that his nominal adherence to the Government was becoming absurd . |
| 28 | Marr continuously denied stories that he was becoming tired of the attention Morrissey received . |
| 29 | Blake was becoming tired of the stranger 's mood swings . |
| 30 | On Friday , 10 March , by which time Pons was becoming convinced that their hopes were at last being confirmed , Ron Fawcett , the US editor of the Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry , called him on a personal matter . |