Example sentences of "was become [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the end of the Regency period the pub was becoming a far more attractive proposition for the government , too . |
| 2 | Much as poetry was becoming a part of him , his most natural form of self-expression , and the one that reached him first , was music ; side-by-side they were to advance with him throughout his developing days and early professional life . |
| 3 | The resulting Palache Report , named after its chairman and published by the CFC in 1944 , articulated Balcon 's concern that the British cinema was becoming a ‘ channel for disseminating the ideas and aspirations , no matter how worthy in themselves , of one or two dominating personalities in this country , ’ and backed his view that the British industry should concentrate on a regular output of low-budget , authentically British films . |
| 4 | ‘ I was becoming a prisoner of myself , ’ he says frankly , ‘ a prisoner of beautiful jackets . |
| 5 | ‘ I was becoming a prisoner of myself — a prisoner of beautiful jackets |
| 6 | Anyone who had this kind of machine behind them must be important , so it had the effect of presenting him to the public as this bigger than life pop star which , if you look at his record sales at the time , he was n't , but he was becoming a media myth , some of this due to his own talent and some of it due to the MainMan hype machine . |
| 7 | Supper was becoming a fashionable word and could cover a snacky situation better . |
| 8 | in contrast to the middle classes , in which by the second half of the century contraceptives were available and effectively used , abortion was becoming a ‘ back-up ’ method of birth control ; in the case of working-class women , without safe contraceptives , it was a basic means of family planning . |
| 9 | By now he was some twenty lengths in front of his pursuers , and it was becoming a matter of how long this horse of doubtful stamina could keep going . |
| 10 | Whatever his eventual Liverpool prospects , he was becoming a fine chaser and ran third to Bachelors Hall and Fort Devon in the 1977 Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Newbury . |
| 11 | It was becoming a desperately serious problem . |
| 12 | She tried unsuccessfully to hide what she described as ‘ preposterous fear ’ , and I understood that her fear had no focus and no logic , but was becoming a state of mind . |
| 13 | Increasingly Nonconformity was becoming a religion of ‘ gentlemen ’ or at least of those who wished to become such , and gentlemen preferred dignity and decorum in religious worship . |
| 14 | It had refused to discuss an issue which to many was becoming a red herring in an attempt to win Presbyterian and , more importantly , Wesleyan support . |
| 15 | The shift in the labour pattern significantly reduced the tensions between the European and non-European and largely unskilled Jewish elements in Israel which during the 1960s was becoming a serious social and political issue since the latter grew faster demographically than the former . |
| 16 | Two weeks later Springtown residents staged a demonstration in the public gallery of the Guildhall , a tactic which was becoming a regular resort of protest groups . |
| 17 | She had been a champion skater at St Moritz , until her pilot husband had rescued her from what was becoming a very dreary grind . |
| 18 | The set ends at just the point where she was becoming a fashionable figure and , eventually , a popular one on a wider scale ; by the end of the Forties , she must have been one of the most admired singers of her day . |
| 19 | Nahum was becoming a feverishly energetic lover . |
| 20 | But when it became clear that the disagreement was becoming a hot issue , they gave way … only to find they 'd misinterpreted the producer 's fractured English . |
| 21 | But it was becoming a very public war . |
| 22 | This meant that in the German companies programming was becoming a nucleus of integration , bringing together operators , planners , production engineers and managers , charge-hands , and foremen , while in Britain that work was more concentrated on planners and production engineers . |
| 23 | So last February 1 at Twickenham was a hugely welcome break in what was becoming a sort of personal Aherne tradition . |
| 24 | Burial in a churchyard was becoming a thing of the past in central London from the 1840s onwards ; space was too precious , and the task of burying the dead was taken over by non-denominational cemeteries run largely on a commercial basis . |
| 25 | Against a background of bitter hostility from the right-wing press , alarmed Conservative politicians attacked the Ballot , complaining that the questions were politically biased and that the whole enterprise was becoming a front for anti-Government activity . |
| 26 | Being on the dole in 1979 was becoming a very common occupation . |
| 27 | But they were hampered by the fact that the stealing of hill sheep at this time was becoming a common occurrence . |
| 28 | Bureaucracy was becoming a major issue in contemporary China . |
| 29 | Although his conservative clothing and mild manners did n't show it , he was becoming a ‘ Right-On ’ , and he would support anything on the new agenda . |
| 30 | Roffman and Purdy list a number of new film genres that developed during these years but the vast majority of individual films mentioned did not move very far from what was becoming a stock depiction of the city with its gangsters , ‘ modern ’ women , and venal politicians and lawyers . |