Example sentences of "it be becoming [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pitfalls and dangers that knowledge brings with it are becoming apparent . |
| 2 | If the rate of crime increases when the adverse social conditions which have been linked to it are becoming ameliorated , the answer must lie elsewhere : either in the failure of the criminal justice system to deliver sanctions with sufficient certainty or positiveness ( the ‘ New Right ’ analysis ) , or in changes in the availability of criminal opportunities in the environment ( administrative criminology ) . |
| 3 | Yes , I think it 's becoming practical . |
| 4 | In America , it 's becoming ridiculous . |
| 5 | If the confrontation between Nazareth and Rome looks like it 's becoming unproductive , the teacher can come out of role and ask the children to reflect on what has been happening — perhaps through discussion , perhaps through a short piece of writing ( a diary entry , a letter to a friend , a sketch representing how the townspeople feel about the power relationship , or — shifting the perspective — the report that the Roman has to make to his commanding officer ) . |
| 6 | Because it 's becoming unmanageable too much paper |
| 7 | but a when when somebody when it 's becoming apparent that somebody is I would n't say is not interested in your little complaint that you 've got and that that they 're they 're trying to change to subject it 's difficult to keep them on it |
| 8 | The good news I hear from feminist friends is that it 's becoming old hat these days to involve the father in childbirth . |
| 9 | First of all it 's becoming aware |
| 10 | it 's becoming aware that people who live in the inner cities are not bad . |
| 11 | ‘ There was a time when you could n't make jokes about Germans , but I think perhaps it 's becoming fashionable again . ’ |
| 12 | It 's becoming fashionable to buy in rather than build specialised servers — IBM Corp and Digital Equipment Corp are both doing it , and now ICL Plc has gone to Burlington , Massachusetts-based Xylogics Inc for the Annex Three and Micro Annex XL communications servers under an OEM agreement that will see the UK company marketing them as the DRS local network terminal server line with its DRS 6000 range of Sparc-based and DRS 3000 iAPX-86-based Unix systems . |
| 13 | It 's becoming fashionable . |
| 14 | But , ’ she added , ‘ It 's becoming obvious — even to the West — that something has to give . |
| 15 | It 's becoming common in many local authority , private and voluntary sector Homes because it generally works well both for residents and staff . |
| 16 | It 's becoming difficult to draw a line between spreadsheet products and more elaborate financial modelling environments |
| 17 | But since all the animals we eat receive their protein from plants , it is becoming accepted that we can bypass our carnivore cravings and eliminate most , if not all , animal flesh from our diet without suffering undue harm . |
| 18 | At last it is becoming possible to include production quality scanned images in desktop publishing . |
| 19 | It 's not easy When the wind is force two or three — but by now it is blowing force six with a sea state to match and it is becoming dangerous . |
| 20 | ‘ They are shaking our houses to bits , it is becoming dangerous . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ It 's nice to have a record of 33 wins in 33 fights , but in a way it is becoming tedious and I 'm tired of winning all the time . |
| 22 | On the other hand , it is becoming apparent that air attacks alone are not likely to win the war . |
| 23 | However , it is becoming apparent that new kinds of services and the development of new kinds of inter-agency relationships require new kinds of staff mixes . |
| 24 | It is becoming apparent , especially on large projects , that a joint Marketing/Engineering task force is beneficial to ensure all phases run smoothly . |
| 25 | However , it is becoming evident that the development of problem-solving strategies does not happen automatically even when the motivational effects of the computer are present . |
| 26 | As for Mr Douglas Hurd — it is becoming difficult to imagine anyone else as Britain 's Foreign Secretary . |
| 27 | It is becoming difficult to imagine that for centuries even a nun receiving daily Communion was never once in her life permitted to receive the cup . |
| 28 | This has succeeded in kick-starting many renewable projects , but as its 1998 cut-off date approaches , it is becoming difficult to finance new schemes . |
| 29 | It is becoming hard to avoid the conclusion that the Government made an error of judgment when it decided to take Britain into the ERM in October 1990 , just as Germany was entering an economic crisis . |
| 30 | ‘ With just three days until polling , it is becoming clear that the voters do not want either the Conservative or the Labour Party to win this election outright , ’ Mr Ashdown told his party 's campaign news conference in London . |