Example sentences of "[prep] becoming [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the very reason a member of the steering group gave for becoming involved in the project : ‘ It gives me something else to do , gets me out of the factory [ adult training centre ] and is less boring . ’ |
| 2 | After becoming involved with the Working Men 's College , established by Frederick Maurice [ q.v. ] in 1854 , Elizabeth Malleson was inspired to found a counterpart for women . |
| 3 | Bowen staged an escape while being brought to court in December last year , Mark Williams is in hospital after becoming ill during the trial and Bush is still being sought after breaking out of the court last week with four of the other accused . |
| 4 | Tiny Kane Elmore died after becoming infected with the bacteria following heart surgery . |
| 5 | The young man was killed after becoming entangled in the unguarded rotors of a power harrow while attempting to remove a stone . |
| 6 | The 58-year-old screen legend took an overdose of sleeping pills after becoming distraught over the fate of a flock of sheep left to starve . |
| 7 | Tertiary prevention will help to ensure that the newly-born child is not put at risk of becoming handicapped during the early period of his or her life . |
| 8 | PIETER Muller read the messages of hate , shrugged and got on with the job of becoming one of the best centres in the world . |
| 9 | Right from indie godhead McGee 's Madonna invite to the fact that Therapy ? — once a hopeless band from Belfast — are on the verge of becoming one of the three most important new bands in Britain . |
| 10 | At Forest , in the nightmare season 81–82 , he had fallen into all the usual high earning traps , plus the unusual one of becoming one of the city 's leading gay scene makers . |
| 11 | It was presided over by Ernest Ayliffe who had retired as President at the beginning of Congress , but had accepted the honour of becoming one of the BDDA 's first " Grand Councillors " . |
| 12 | ( Some suggest that part of its secretiveness arises from a fear of becoming involved in the litigation instituted by injured patients . ) |
| 13 | The Americans were engaged in bloody battle against the Japanese empire from December 1941 but the Soviet Union had concluded a neutrality pact with Japan in April 1941 and , given the gigantic struggle against Nazi Germany , had no intention of becoming involved in the Far East before the European War had been successfully concluded . |
| 14 | Some people go into teaching with the intention of becoming active in the union , either out of genuine commitment to teaching as a profession , or because it offers a political platform . |
| 15 | The importance of living up to what was required by one 's status and what one had been used to came out over and over again in the discussions of the time , and ‘ prudence ’ became a moral imperative in the process of becoming axiomatic in the 1830s and 1840s . |
| 16 | Most glider pilots have never experienced anything more hazardous than a bad landing , so reading and talking about other people 's mistakes is almost the only way of becoming aware of the kind of situations which lead to broken gliders . |
| 17 | The alternative is that the dog , like the children , has the capability of becoming aware of the misery of its present existence , although it may never in fact do so . |
| 18 | A second limitation on actions contained in s11A(4) of the Limitation Act 1980 ( as inserted by the CPA 1987 , Sched 1 ) , is that claims for personal injuries or property damage can not be brought more than three years of becoming aware of the damage , the defect and the identity of the defendant , subject to the ultimate cut-off of ten years . |
| 19 | Instead of becoming frustrated with the futility in solving the problem , the celebration of success combined with the reflection on limitations nourishes people to choose the next action that may bring them closer to real community change . |
| 20 | And as the mood of British music snapped from one paradigm to another , from lush Baroque to angry garage , he 'd forced and battered Must n't Grumble into becoming one of the hottest New Wave or punk bands around . |
| 21 | The last of them , before becoming extinct between the Permian and Triassic periods , were extremely large members of the labyrinthodont group . |
| 22 | It is vitally important to know something of the individual richness and variety of each religious tradition before becoming subject to the generalisations of those engaged in comparative religion . |
| 23 | In 1841 he was returned unopposed for the borough , a year before becoming one of the members for Dublin University . |
| 24 | When he got through and began to speak he cheered up as he laughed and talked away , before becoming depressed at the end of the call . |
| 25 | He remembers that miasmic stretch of time before becoming aware of the details of his own identity . |
| 26 | It is now not easy to talk to Bill Larnach for very long before becoming aware of the depth of his knowledge and the way in which , following the traditions of his birthplace , he has achieved a mastery of this very difficult subject . |
| 27 | His background with the round ball has stood him in good stead in becoming one of the country 's leading goal-kickers . |
| 28 | 7.7.6 to give notice to the Landlord immediately upon the happening of any event which might affect any insurance policy on or relating to the Premises or upon the happening of any event against which the Landlord may have insured under this Lease The following amendment should be considered : … immediately upon becoming aware of the happening of any event … 7.7.7 immediately to inform the Landlord in writing of any conviction judgment or finding of any court or tribunal relating to the Tenant ( or any director other officer or major shareholder of the Tenant ) of such a nature as to be likely to affect the decision of any insurer or underwriter to grant or to continue any such insurance The requirement to notify the landlord in respect of convictions should be deleted for the reason stated above . |
| 29 | But that fact , and its potentially unappetising formula of talking heads , have not prevented this series from becoming one of the most valuable of recent innovations in the public discussion of medical issues . |
| 30 | Thus the ideal aim of any system of rights should be to try to prevent social divisions and hierarchies from becoming insulated against the ordinarily available forms of challenge . |