Example sentences of "[vb infin] to become a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trevino admitted last year that he could not wait to become a Seniors ' Tour player and , as he predicted , the lack of similar calibre players has allowed him to dominate , winning almost $300,000 more than Mike Hill , second on the money list . |
| 2 | You do n't need to become a slave to Filofax — but you probably do need a college diary or alphabetical address book with space for telephone numbers , etc . |
| 3 | She says she has much more chance at this school of getting the qualifications she would need to become a social worker or a journalist ( she feels there a lot of good black journalists around but not enough women ) . |
| 4 | For the purpose of teacher training regulations the CNAA would now need to become a ‘ relevant organization ’ on the same footing as the Area Training Organizations . |
| 5 | What qualifications do I need to become a stunt-man ? |
| 6 | Why did you choose to become a fuel technician ? ’ |
| 7 | Mike Wilkinson did n't choose to become a press photographer — it was one of those things that just happened . |
| 8 | Peter Powell has flown trains of his kites from a fast launch up the Thames , from a rear-facing pillion seat on a speeding motorcycle , from the sunroof of a car , into the sea and out again , and has demonstrated these stunts all over the world ; but do not expect to become a Peter Powell Mk.2 overnight ! |
| 9 | For example , a building contractor whose company builds houses for the council should decline to become a member of the housing committee and so avoid innuendos which would otherwise follow . |
| 10 | Oswald , who lives in North Road , did not plan to become a market trader . |
| 11 | Certainly to explain the Incarnation in a quarter of an hour over the air is a tall order , but Lewis could surely have done better than to say , ‘ If you want to get the hang of it , think how you would like to become a slug or a crab . ’ |
| 12 | • I would like to become a member of the A.P.F./Mill Hill organisation . |
| 13 | For example the question ‘ Would you like to become a doctor and work in a hospital ? ’ is a double question because the respondent might like to become a doctor , but not work in a hospital . |
| 14 | For example the question ‘ Would you like to become a doctor and work in a hospital ? ’ is a double question because the respondent might like to become a doctor , but not work in a hospital . |
| 15 | With those children now at secondary school she wanted to restart her career and decided that she would like to become a dental hygienist . |
| 16 | I would very much like to become a counsellor , helping people with problems . |
| 17 | Ask any established pop band would they like to become a cult band and they 'll have you swiftly thrown out of their hotel suite , ordering another bottle of champers while they 're at it . |
| 18 | She began to feel that she would like to become a Roman Catholic , partly to frighten her mother , who was one of the pioneer Christian Scientists in England , and partly because the rigorousness of the experience attracted her . |
| 19 | Would you like to become a journalist for an hour or so , and copy out one or two ‘ In Years Gone By columns for us from the files ? |
| 20 | Adam says he 'd like to become a Grand Master . |
| 21 | Narasimha Rao , is a former foreign minister whose ill-health means he can not hope to become a permanent head of the party . |
| 22 | It was almost inevitable , given the excessive respect paid in the Potter house to the written word , and given Frederica 's own mastery of , and intense pleasure in , the school essay , that she should decide to become a writer . |
| 23 | And it may be that the warning of Cordell Hull was designed , among other things , to make it clear that , should Turkey finally decide to become a belligerent , she must do so in conformity with plans already agreed upon by the Allies themselves . |
| 24 | The treaty of Rome provides under article 237 that ’ any European state ’ may apply to become a member of the Community . |
| 25 | And why would you wish to become a maid once more when you have risen higher ? |
| 26 | You may wish to become a founder friend by paying £250 once every five years . |
| 27 | But like many other paternalistic firms , it may have to become a little meaner to stop its past from handicapping its future . |
| 28 | ‘ If I ca n't get her back to the sea , I 'll have to become a farmer , ’ he said . |
| 29 | You do not have to become a psychologist in the academic sense . |
| 30 | The miracle of anorexia is that this wish can be fulfilled : one does not have to grow up ; one does not have to become a woman , even in the biological sense ; one can reject all foreign substances , for which food is a metaphor , and subject them to one 's will . |