Example sentences of "become second [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He does n't need other players becoming second class news because their colleague is grabbing all the headlines for the wrong reasons .
2 The majority of Wear Valley 's GPs do n't have anything like 7,000 patients due to Wear Valley being a rural community and so are in danger of becoming second class citizens .
3 The strange and difficult was becoming second nature in the way that it had when I 'd learned to fly .
4 Hopefully , the technique of cutting from shot to shot in a controlled and purposeful way is already becoming second nature to you , as is the use of shots of different sizes as a means of directing the attention of the viewer to where you wish it to go .
5 And if , at first , she had had to remind herself to be careful not to be found out , deceit was becoming second nature to her .
6 According to John Herbert , who became second Secretary of State in 1600 , it had three principal functions : the business of the Queen , in which it ‘ doth handle principally questions and consultations of state ’ ; disputes between party and party , which might involve either criminal or civil suits or a mixture of the two ; and disputes ‘ wherein the Queen is a party ’ .
7 Playing it long became second nature .
8 It 's a well set out machine and using it became second nature after just a couple of hours .
9 He masked the fear in his eyes with the vacant , subservient glaze which became second nature to military personnel .
10 It became second nature . ’
11 From continually chasing my tail in the first month and being late for everything , and always being in trouble in varying degrees , punctuality became second nature .
12 If controlled breathing through your nose is not natural to you , it takes practice and concentration at first but it will soon become second nature — and you will feel better for it .
13 Pay close attention to the sweep pattern and strokes , and this will eventually become second nature .
14 ‘ The hope is that ‘ poop scooping ’ will become second nature to dog owners , ’ he said .
15 I assure you all the information in there will become second nature to you .
16 When you change the behaviour pattern which has become second nature to you , the world around you will react differently .
17 The man who , up to then , had experienced 18 years as a player at the highest level revealed how the sack made him determined to prove he had not suddenly become second rate .
18 But why should women , for women t it will be , become second class citizens , and why should our nursery and infant age children be second class citizens too .
19 But the main reason for my silence was that secrecy and deception had by then become second nature to me .
20 They should be learnt and practised until the procedures become second nature .
21 Once the art of massage becomes second nature , you may begin to discover ‘ energy blocks ’ which usually manifest as cold areas in the body — perhaps the lower back or the abdomen .
22 Self-righteousness becomes second nature to any properly indoctrinated communist .
23 Once you get in the habit of really noticing what you eat , and expecting from the restaurants the same care for quality and ‘ real food ’ value you try to achieve at home , making the healthy choice becomes second nature .
24 When you are not in harmony with your body , you learn to be less tactile , less physical — learning to ‘ reach out ’ as a form of communication becomes second nature when you are used to exercising .
25 With a little practice , such awareness becomes second nature .
26 Practice breathing in this way for twenty minutes each day until it becomes second nature .
27 If he is to continue , he should now be taking different movements and linking them together to form his fighting style — a format of defence and attack that becomes second nature to him .
28 After a short time , running through the menus becomes second nature and the package presents no further problems .
29 By the end of the project , evaluation of each new step was beginning to become second nature and exchange was deeper than pleasantries or focusing only on a specific child .
30 Integration is starting to become second nature for us .
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