Example sentences of "becoming [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These oolites were probably deposited as part of the coastal sand-barrier complex as it prograded basinwards , before becoming stabilised at the edge of the platform . |
| 2 | In short , they are seriously at risk of committing further offences and becoming trapped in the revolving door of custody . |
| 3 | At the lower levels of the movement , however , many were becoming attracted to the prospect of ending the feuds of recent years . |
| 4 | Some good quality bags also have an anti-snag strip sewn between the zip and the baffle to prevent the fabric itself becoming caught in the zip . |
| 5 | The water was getting hot and becoming clouded with the residue of the last course , so I crumbled two Oxo cubes into it and stirred . |
| 6 | As time went on and the primitive physically competitive urges were becoming supplemented by the more devious mental ways in which one being could gain ascendance over another , the opportunities to use those beliefs were exploited by the more skilful members of the society . |
| 7 | The class structure is becoming dominated by the knowledge mercenaries who hire themselves out to the feudal barons of top management and state agencies , each of whom is as good as the last battle . |
| 8 | We have n't gone , in physics , seriously into trying to understand the biological aspects , but then you see biology is becoming dominated in the last ten years by the understanding of basic biochemistry of cells . |
| 9 | , William ( c. 1789–1857 ) , surveyor and civil engineer , was born in Burntisland , Fifeshire , and educated at Burntisland and in Edinburgh before becoming apprenticed to the eminent Scottish land surveyor , John Ainslie [ q.v . ] . |
| 10 | They usually need help in becoming disengaged from the eating process and let the child show independence . |
| 11 | Murtach shot his father a warning glance , but the big man merely shrugged , his deep eyes becoming shrouded by the overhanging brows . |
| 12 | More than five years after its flotation on the UK stock market , some see they brand values on which the agency was built becoming diluted by the stresses of being a plc . |
| 13 | Already the trade showed signs of becoming restricted to the immediate neighbourhood of Reading , whose clothiers seem to have controlled most of the output of Berkshire . |
| 14 | In January 1915 a shell struck the base of the dome , toppling the fifteen-foot-high statue which hung horizontally above the town until 1918 , becoming known as The Leaning Virgin . |
| 15 | Six hundred people in the business coughed up £2 10s 0d each , thereby becoming known as the Noble Six Hundred ; subsequent donations and the proceeds of Royal Variety performances meant that a nursing wing was added two years ago , and today there are 36 residents with a staff of 60 to look after them . |
| 16 | Altogether , Glasgow provided 26 battalions , like the 15th , 16th , and 17th battallions of the HLI , the latter including many members of the Tramways department , becoming known as the ‘ Tramways Battalion ’ . |
| 17 | The area north of Bedford House , which itself was just north of the Green , consisted of orchard and market garden land , so Mr. Carr 's idea led to the area of Bedford Park becoming known as the first Garden Suburb , with three principal architects designing the buildings , Norman Shaw , E.W. Godwin and E.T . |
| 18 | In particular , it was feared that London was becoming known as the ‘ vice capital of the World ’ . |
| 19 | Last year 's champion Tony McLure is fast becoming known as the Nigel Mansell of the North-East golf circuit . |
| 20 | By 1767 his method was becoming known on the European mainland , where it was recommended by Sir John Pringle [ q.v . ] . |
| 21 | Clearly , the mill must have been rebuilt on a number of occasions , becoming known from the 1850s as Severn Mill . |
| 22 | Although Liberals like Sir Richard Acland were becoming identified with the Campaign , the Communists remained hostile to Lloyd George and his Five Point Group . |
| 23 | ‘ With nearly two million television viewers a week becoming hooked on the World Scrabble Championships last autumn , interest in Scrabble is at its highest point ever , ’ said Ray Perry , of Scrabble 's makers Spear 's Games . |
| 24 | It appears to be quite selective as to which fish it invades , some becoming covered in the mutated cells into which the virus has incorporated its own genetic material , others escaping . |
| 25 | Whether in performing experiments , or in being directed to primary sources of evidence in history , or in becoming acquainted with the journal literature , or in designing artefacts to meet a design problem , we encourage students along the path of their own immediate experience . |
| 26 | Known as FJ Gutmann in the 1930s , he anglicised his name to Goodman for the war years , serving in the ranks as a soldier before becoming attached to the Royal Air Force 's Photographic Interpretation Unit at Medmenham by the war 's end . |
| 27 | In the years when Hartley was building Albert Dock and other extensions of the system , Liverpool was rapidly becoming established as the second most important port in Britain , and Albert Dock , which has outlived its usefulness , stands as a monument both to Hartley and to Liverpool 's Victorian prosperity . |