Example sentences of "not become a " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 They serve , but do not become a cultural statement .
8 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 .
9 The loan would not become a burden to your dependents .
10 An extra incentive can be useful so long as it does not become a too regular ( relied upon ) habit .
11 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 ’ .
12 Viewer 's democracy will not become a regular feature on the station , which covers southeast England , however .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 That you do not become a hypochondriac .
18 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 .
19 It is vital that your show-jumping horse does NOT become a habitual refuser at water jumps .
20 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 .
21 Superintendent Don Randall of the City police said the road blocks would not become a permanent feature on city streets .
22 The loan would not become a burden to your dependents .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 Only one month later , however , the new Foreign Secretary , Anthony Eden , firmly announced that Britain would not become a member of the EDC .
26 Finland also participated in the discussions that produced EFTA , but did not become a member .
27 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 . ’
28 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 .
29 Later in welcoming the new county councils in 1888 the Fabians argued that a ‘ democratic State can not become a Social- Democratic State unless it has in every centre of population a local governing body … ’
30 This view , it appears , is too simple-minded : a baby does not become a different kind of adult for being bottle-rather than breast-fed , for being weaned early rather than late , for encountering one kind of attitude rather than another at some particular time .
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