Example sentences of "is become [art] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | After a century of immensely influential life , Marxism is becoming a dying culture , to adapt the phrase of an earlier Marxist thinker , Christopher Caudwell . |
| 2 | And , as it is also obvious that this tendency is becoming a worldwide one , it means that the game will in due course suffer everywhere as it has suffered in South Africa . |
| 3 | These principles should n't be forgotten or cease to be put into effect simply because your child is becoming a young adult . |
| 4 | The computer or concept keyboard is becoming a useful tool in the preparation work for site visits . |
| 5 | Eraut ( 1977 ) adopts a process viewpoint when he argues that : ‘ A teacher who is not developing to any noticeable extent is becoming a worse teacher , because development is natural and to avoid it is to deteriorate ’ . |
| 6 | ( Labour-supporting Elton is becoming a tabloid folk devil . ) |
| 7 | Dry steam coal is becoming a rare commodity and the Snowdon Mountain Railway is suffering more than most due to the special steam raising and burning qualities that its 800mm gauge rack locos demand . |
| 8 | Microsoft responded to Wabi saying it is ‘ proof that Windows NT is becoming a real threat to the Unix market . |
| 9 | Microsoft Corp responded to Wabi saying that it is ‘ proof that Windows NT is becoming a real threat to the Unix market . |
| 10 | There was no doubting that Saturday 's was a better performance for Ards than the 5– defeat by Cliftonville the week before , but goalscoring is becoming a real problem . |
| 11 | The trouble is that in England a tomato good enough to be eaten raw and unadorned is becoming a good deal more of a rarity than a ripe avocado , and nearly as elusive as a perfect fresh peach or purple fig . |
| 12 | An orientation towards customers ’ needs and rights is becoming a prevailing ethos in society which the police can not ignore . ’ |
| 13 | Now it is becoming a powerful factor in the new , frenzied politics of Eastern Europe . |
| 14 | This is becoming a standard practice among many community groups throughout the USA who have property to protect . |
| 15 | ‘ With free trade the European community is becoming a strong force and we want to be a part of it ’ , says Nereaux-Weber . |
| 16 | This , in fact , is becoming a general rule , according to Ms Van Housen : ‘ As long as you want to communicate internationally there are ways to do it . |
| 17 | Re-usable trees with roots are growing in popularity and packaging is becoming a serious selling point . |
| 18 | The intended budget of £5 million could reap benefits in a city where tourist revenue is becoming a principal source of wealth . |
| 19 | Water is becoming a scarce and expensive commodity and the supply industry is now big business . |
| 20 | Speaking in Brussels , where the Community dimension of the drama is becoming a major debate , the Labour leader , Mr Neil Kinnock , said : ‘ Freedom is magnetic and it is natural that the people of Eastern Europe should lunge for it at their first chance . ’ |
| 21 | As the price of computers decreases and as they become incorporated in a wide range of domestic goods , from cookers to calculators , the ordinary consumer is becoming a major purchaser of electronic gadgetry . |
| 22 | Increasingly in universities and colleges modernity is becoming a major concept whose usage is increasingly following American philosophical and sociological meanings . |
| 23 | Provision for children with special educational needs is becoming a major problem , leading to overspending in a considerable proportion of local authority education budgets . |
| 24 | the ‘ knowledge ’ that ‘ crime is getting worse ’ and that ‘ fear of crime ’ is becoming a major social problem — messages that politicians , via the media , communicate — then the judiciary are bound to become more sensitised to the dangers that lurk in high levels of unemployment . |
| 25 | Detective Inspector Keith Felton , head of the Northumbria Drug Squad , says Ecstasy is becoming a major problem . |
| 26 | It means that the proletariat is leading the entire working nation behind it , that it is responsible for the development of the whole of society , that it is becoming a great collective organiser of the entire national economy , that the direction of development is not towards a widening of the gulf between the fundamental class ( the working class and peasantry ) and that things are not moving towards a ‘ third revolution ’ , etc . |
| 27 | The reality is much more complex than this , though we would be well advised to remember the central insight of McLuhan , that the world is becoming a global village , and of McDonald s , that global packaging creates global desires . |
| 28 | The right hon. Gentleman is becoming a professional gloom monger . |
| 29 | A guided pair apart there is nobody in the area , let alone on the mountain , and the solitude serves to heighten the element of adventure which is becoming a constant feature of our holiday . |
| 30 | In this way , the very means of communication itself and not just what is being communicated — the message — is becoming a dynamic cultural force . |