Example sentences of "[noun] becoming a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many cases becoming a detective relies on a quiet system of patronage ; of being invited in by those already inside with power . |
| 2 | Gossip on the IBM UK Ltd grapevine has the company 's Havant disk drive manufacturing operations becoming a separate subsidiary : does this mean that there are plans to float it ? |
| 3 | When the Cassell Fund 's grant ended in 1930 , the Cambridge Board and the LEA jointly financed the scheme with Baker becoming a Board tutor for the development of rural adult education in the county . |
| 4 | October , but it resulted in Czechoslovakia becoming a broken nation . |
| 5 | After signing the accord , the Czechoslovak Prime Minister , Marian Calfa said it was a milestone on the way to Czechoslovakia becoming a full EC member , for which he would now press . |
| 6 | These are linked up to some rather clever controls : two concentric pots ( one for master volume and pan pickup selector , the other for active treble boost/cut and active bass boost/cut ) , one four-position rotary switch offering ‘ off ’ , active with mid-boost , active , and passive with the bass boost/cut becoming a master tone control , and a mini-switch that allows you to add the P-bass pickup to any switching combination . |
| 7 | This is equivalent to a human male becoming a father in his late seventies . |
| 8 | The club unveiled their mural to prevent Highbury becoming a ‘ graveyard ’ while the North Bank is being rebuilt — as revealed in Mirror Sport . |
| 9 | As a result of adolescence becoming a ‘ social fact ’ , a specificity was bestowed on boy labour which gave the whole subject of juvenile employment an enhanced status in part derived from its scientific description , and in part from its social relevance . |
| 10 | There is plenty to watch when you keep caterpillars : the caterpillar becoming a chrysalis , the adult ( or imago ) butterfly or moth emerging from the chrysalis , the adult butterfly unfolding and drying its wings . |
| 11 | Today only Seagate is still up there among the leaders , IBM is still striving to build a serious OEM business , and the big names alongside Seagate are Conner Peripherals Inc , Quantum Corp and Maxtor Corp , with Hewlett-Packard Co becoming a bigger presence . |
| 12 | On the basis of calculations about what local and national inspectors could manage by way of inspections , Becher et al ( 1979 ) go further and conclude that , ‘ It therefore becomes hard to see inspection becoming a routine form of accountability without at least doubling the number of inspectors ’ . |
| 13 | I share Bob Leeson 's incredulity at Just William becoming a failed estate agent and prospective Tory candidate , But I 'd have thought Bob of all people could deduce the reason for it . |
| 14 | In practice , we will soon see desktop videoconferencing becoming a standard feature of computer communications . |
| 15 | It was sheer desperation that led to Nancy Roberts becoming a member of Militant . |
| 16 | This was held to be reasonable during employment but was construed as being too wide post employment as it would prevent the defendant becoming a medical officer of health in which capacity he could not prejudice the plaintiff 's goodwill . |
| 17 | There is a radioactive process — beta decay — which enables one of the protons to shed its charge , in effect becoming a neutron at the instant of fusing ( the electrical charge being carried off by a positively charged form of the electron , known as a positron ) , the proton and neutron fusing to make a deuteron and liberating energy . |
| 18 | A proposition can not change its truth-value without in effect becoming a different proposition . |
| 19 | Apportioning of blame ( to home , social conditions , indifferent teaching ) will not resolve the situation or prevent tomorrow 's schools becoming a battleground littered with the emotional corpses of children and teachers . |
| 20 | The trading consequences of such a development possibly means that the supplier risks becoming a " captive " , subject to a potentially catastrophic threat of the withdrawal of the buyers patronage . |
| 21 | Unless Britain catches up with the progress being made in the wealthiest EC countries , Britain as a whole risks becoming a backward ‘ region ’ of the Community . |
| 22 | When asked how they thought patients had responded to the practice becoming a fundholder , 25 ( 71% ) general practitioners replied ‘ neutrally . ’ |
| 23 | But he 's confident his knowledge of the site and his presence here will prevent crime becoming a major problem . |
| 24 | Dr Schwarz has suggested that the evidence points to the regional divergence becoming a clear trend only after 1770 , with falls in real wages in the 1760s being avoided only by some groups in Lancashire and Yorkshire . |
| 25 | When General Motors took a 40% share of Isuzu there were rumours of the Trooper becoming a Vauxhall , but it did n't . |
| 26 | But there is something else too : a girl becoming a woman , discovering love , a girl who wants to choose an absolute , but can not find it . |
| 27 | There is no question of Scotland becoming a dump for overseas nuclear waste . |
| 28 | A TV racing video of Doncaster Racecourse , home of the St Leger , first sparked an interest in golf for Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum which has led to Dubai becoming a golfing holiday centre . |
| 29 | I referred sir at the beginning to er the limited experience I 've had in Nottinghamshire where erm a criteria based policy was put into a structure plan erm for er in that case for a prestige business development I think is what they call it , prestige business park , that was a criteria based policy as a way of containing , stopping this strategic issue becoming a Trojan horse for lots of other things . |
| 30 | With a ready-made story , it was impossible to have ‘ writer 's block ’ , but that did n't stop the work becoming a chore as the pages increased . |