Example sentences of "was become [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that at times it appeared that the only effective opposition to what was becoming a single-party government was from the press . |
| 2 | Communist influence in the ILP Guild of Youth led to its virtual disruption at the end of 1934 and the Revolutionary Policy Committee was becoming a Communist instrument . |
| 3 | Bureaucracy was becoming a major issue in contemporary China . |
| 4 | Dynmouth was becoming a nasty kind of place . |
| 5 | But when it became clear that the disagreement was becoming a hot issue , they gave way … only to find they 'd misinterpreted the producer 's fractured English . |
| 6 | Yet the Cpp was becoming a political monolith , a ‘ Tammany-type machine ’ as an American observer wrote : no longer the party of the masses . |
| 7 | But it was becoming a political factor . |
| 8 | The shift in the labour pattern significantly reduced the tensions between the European and non-European and largely unskilled Jewish elements in Israel which during the 1960s was becoming a serious social and political issue since the latter grew faster demographically than the former . |
| 9 | By the end of the century , the national differences and traditions prominent earlier were less significant , especially in the physical sciences ; and everywhere scientific education was becoming a serious and systematic business . |
| 10 | Maurice Cowling has suggested that Law 's resignation was tactical , that he could not face reconciling his party to the coming Irish negotiations , and that he was giving up office so as to be available as an alternative to coalition in the future ; in Gaullist terms he was becoming a Prime Minister " in the reserve of the republic " . |
| 11 | He was becoming a good shot , in spite of the lack of practice in the army . |
| 12 | Two weeks later Springtown residents staged a demonstration in the public gallery of the Guildhall , a tactic which was becoming a regular resort of protest groups . |
| 13 | Charles wondered if he was becoming a dirty old man . |
| 14 | In particular , Greenwich Wick was becoming a new world . |
| 15 | A return to office by Labour after thirteen years of Conservative rule was becoming a distinct possibility . |
| 16 | Devon lost the services of Peter Roebuck just as he was becoming a key member of their side . |
| 17 | Eagle-spotting was becoming a national pastime and experts on birds of prey suddenly found themselves being quoted in every paper or interviewed on radio and television . |
| 18 | But they were hampered by the fact that the stealing of hill sheep at this time was becoming a common occurrence . |
| 19 | In March Hedilla had talks not only with members of the Comunión Tradicionalista , but also with some of the supporters of the Alphonsine dynasty , whose political future also depended on the outcome of what was becoming a bitter , subterranean confrontation within the main conflict against the Republic . |
| 20 | Supper was becoming a fashionable word and could cover a snacky situation better . |
| 21 | The set ends at just the point where she was becoming a fashionable figure and , eventually , a popular one on a wider scale ; by the end of the Forties , she must have been one of the most admired singers of her day . |
| 22 | But in 1979 , to the Elysée 's amazement and consternation , Roger Gicquel , anchorman on TFI ‘ s 8 p.m. news , alluded — albeit prudently — to what was becoming a French ‘ Watergate ’ — ‘ l'affaire des diamants ’ , in which President Giscard was suspected of accepting diamonds from the self-styled ‘ Emperor ’ Bokassa . |
| 23 | It had refused to discuss an issue which to many was becoming a red herring in an attempt to win Presbyterian and , more importantly , Wesleyan support . |
| 24 | Whatever his eventual Liverpool prospects , he was becoming a fine chaser and ran third to Bachelors Hall and Fort Devon in the 1977 Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Newbury . |
| 25 | Serfdom was becoming a dire threat to both domestic and foreign security . |
| 26 | And on a more mundane level , they may well want the tourists back , before martial law , Lhasa was becoming a sought-after destination for western travellers and for their dollars . |
| 27 | As the prospect of testifying approached , on Nov. 16 Kanemaru followed what was becoming a well-established modern Japanese custom by admitting himself to hospital . |
| 28 | In Flanders , the count 's peace was becoming a meaningful concept , at fair times at least . |
| 29 | Now the imaginary one was becoming the real one . |
| 30 | At the beginning of November 1989 Namaliu survived what was becoming the regular six-monthly vote of no confidence . |