Example sentences of "not become a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , and a matter of considerable personal pride to Jacques , the District was not becoming a ‘ middle class ’ enclave of students . |
| 2 | ‘ You are not becoming a Brownie tonight , ’ Mum reminded her for the hundredth time . |
| 3 | As the son of a school-inspector and a typical representative of the pre-Soviet intelligentsia , Lenin was torn between the conflicting needs of creating a politically and culturally conscious nation as fast as possible , yet at the same time ensuring that vulgarized , superficial agitation did not become a substitute for thoroughgoing education on a broad base . |
| 4 | The overstretch of the regular army did not become a major political issue during the last of years of the Conservative Government ( then under Douglas Home , who succeeded Macmillan in October 1963 ) : it was a legacy left to Labour when they came to power in October 1964 . |
| 5 | Yet the idea of Jesus as our example did not become a theory of atonement until the twelfth and thirteenth centuries , and I want to introduce you now to our first theologian — Peter Abelard . |
| 6 | Now I would not ignore hunches , insight or occasional flashes of brilliance that can come from anybody , as long as they do not become a substitute for objectivity and professionalism . |
| 7 | But in 1979 the creation of peace was clearly a settling of an account : should a quarrel between a Zuwaya and men from Zliten occur in the future , that particular issue could not become a component element of it , for all the shaikhs concerned had agreed that the peace made was a good one . |
| 8 | An LEA school may not become a charity in its own right as the school is a means by which the LEA meets its statutory obligations to provide education . |
| 9 | They serve , but do not become a cultural statement . |
| 10 | He had to be able to perform even though already ‘ at this young age he had a realistic approach to his future and with his ‘ banana feet ’ realized that he could not become a danseur noble and that his great interest was in choreography . |
| 11 | The loan would not become a burden to your dependents . |
| 12 | An extra incentive can be useful so long as it does not become a too regular ( relied upon ) habit . |
| 13 | Elcho told the House about Palmerston 's reaction to the delegation and , pointing to the Government 's slender majority , asked them to ensure that the subject would not become a ‘ see-saw ’ . |
| 14 | Viewer 's democracy will not become a regular feature on the station , which covers southeast England , however . |
| 15 | They demanded that special consideration should be given to new OECD states , such as those in Eastern Europe , to ensure that these did not become a future dumping ground for EC waste . |
| 16 | For all their grandeur , the chancellors in Germany , France and England in this period were still essentially officials of the household : even in England the royal chancery did not become a quasi-independent department of state until the turn of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries . |
| 17 | You can not become a bad player overnight in terms of technique but undoubtedly you can become so mentally — if you start doubting yourself , for example . |
| 18 | An accurate scholar and an inspired teacher , he did not become a Professor in Bristol — yet his friends and pupils combined to give him that rarest of honours , a Festschrift , a book containing some of their best work , published to mark his 70th birthday . |
| 19 | That you do not become a hypochondriac . |
| 20 | The spectacle is intended for her too as part of the audience , but she can not become a pair of eyes to view her own humiliation . |
| 21 | It is vital that your show-jumping horse does NOT become a habitual refuser at water jumps . |
| 22 | Although British statesmen had played a prominent part in bringing these organisations into being , the United Kingdom did not become a founder member and later approaches to join were either ineffective or rebuffed . |
| 23 | Superintendent Don Randall of the City police said the road blocks would not become a permanent feature on city streets . |
| 24 | The loan would not become a burden to your dependents . |
| 25 | According to a British study published in 1984 , at least three-quarters of all dog owners look to their pets to provide some security around the home , but proper training is required to ensure that your dog does not become a dominant tyrant at home . |
| 26 | Significantly then , apart from isolated evidence of attempted antislavery pledging in 1792 in the middle of a parliament , it did not become a systematic technique of abolitionists until the culmination of the emancipation campaign in the early 1830s when parliamentary reform politics also triumphed . |
| 27 | Only one month later , however , the new Foreign Secretary , Anthony Eden , firmly announced that Britain would not become a member of the EDC . |
| 28 | Finland also participated in the discussions that produced EFTA , but did not become a member . |
| 29 | Perhaps this attitude of ‘ cooling it ’ , ‘ turning off ’ , ‘ keeping his head down ’ , ‘ disengaging ’ on the part of the failing student is a special case of what Roy Cox ( 1967 ) had in mind when he said : ‘ It is clear that where students are assessed in a way which is not seen to be relevant to what they are aiming at they will tend to distort and degrade the assessment so that it does not become a source of esteem . ’ |
| 30 | Although there are some dissenters , it seems to be accepted that a lifetime of attachment to one company together with seniority promotions and group bonus schemes for all workers did not become a common practice until the 1950s . |