Example sentences of "become more " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Government 's efforts to ensure that all 10 water authorities are successfully floated on the Stock Exchange in December are becoming more than a little disingenuous . |
| 2 | Becoming more of an ‘ owl ’ or less of a ‘ lark' |
| 3 | Databases are being taught how the world works , and thus becoming more than mere filing cabinets |
| 4 | His elders were becoming more than a little worried because people were saying his teaching was heretical . |
| 5 | This , says Daniel Rahier , assistant director of the European Senior Advisory Group in Biotechnology ( SAGB ) , ‘ means that Europe is becoming more production centred and we are losing our R & D capabilities ’ . |
| 6 | Is there evidence of the scheme becoming more of a predictive tool and aid to decision making rather than working primarily in an administrative function ? |
| 7 | Although this sector has rarely produced a highly organised and successful political movement , it is becoming more of a source of protest , that is gaining significance in contemporary Latin America . |
| 8 | In addition , the advanced economies are becoming more service-sector orientated ( growth of personal services ) which has reduced their primary and raw material needs . |
| 9 | The waits were officially disbanded in 1832 but existed as am independent body until the late nineteenth century , by which time their peculiar custom was becoming more than a little irritating to certain residents of the town . |
| 10 | A note on a field of collecting which shows every sign of becoming more than a passing fad — that of old cheques . |
| 11 | It was a day or two before I realized that his behaviour was becoming more than a little frenetic , to say the least . |
| 12 | And she needed that sort of help ; because although nothing had happened in the four days since Adam had returned from Starr Hills , the nights were becoming more than she could bear . |
| 13 | It is becoming more of an engineering discipline , but numerical methods are less important , so that the range of mathematical skills required is changing . |
| 14 | And , we 're becoming more and more stringent on where people pile boxes and other various items of rubbish . |
| 15 | Medical care outside the hospitals grew in importance in the second half of the century , becoming more than the prerogative of the rich . |
| 16 | Well it I mean already , it is having quite an im impact erm especially for items like furniture and bedding , and I mean bedding does n't last for ever , especially with a family , and I know erm they 're allowed every so often , but erm I mean I think erm the the cutbacks are becoming more and more and more and and people seem to be which means that we have to look around for voluntary erm agencies that ca such as , who can provide us with furniture or beds and bedding . |
| 17 | Thus during the first half of this first term , students begin to develop their work as collectors and presenters of story and poetry material , and of becoming more expert in children 's fiction of every kind . |
| 18 | The attitudes of the courts have altered , becoming more activist in recent years thereby demonstrating an increased desire to be the determinants of legal questions ; but to build an irrebuttable presumption upon less than 25 years highly equivocal judicial practice is not meaningful . |
| 19 | The police , added Mr Cordery , said that , with banks and building societies spending more money on security , other outlets were becoming more of a target for robbery . |
| 20 | During the last year Enterprise Training paid special attention to becoming more cost effective and as a result , investment has been made in equipment , staff development , and the premises . |
| 21 | Lieutenant Guss Braden is called in to unravel the mysterious death and finds himself becoming more than professionally interested in Blair . |
| 22 | Even the Salvation Army , formed specifically with the ‘ unrespectable ’ poor in mind , hardly succeeded in becoming more than a welcome addition to free public entertainment ( with its uniforms , bands and lively hymns ) , and a useful source of charity . |
| 23 | In the Amazon , the numbers of Indians declined , ceasing to be a threat to western expansion , so that by the second half of the last century , they were becoming more of a curiosity , regarded as anachronistic impediments to progress , which had to be educated on Christian lines on the one hand , the true lords of the territory to be given their freedom on the other . |
| 24 | So th th is becoming more complex . |
| 25 | Well perhaps because they were more idealist and that now they 're becoming more realist but they 're still erm I mean they 're learning from their past mistakes and they 've seen that right so we have to have a moderate policy which is gon na take us a little bit further towards socialism . |
| 26 | Basically it 's two things coming together and becoming more than their whole , you 've got two things two people working together producing more than what two people can produce it 's the relationship that produces that extra little bit more . |
| 27 | And I think for Mr to pretend that the Government has nothing to do with our problems , is unfortunately becoming more and more threadbare as an excuse . |
| 28 | I think people are becoming more and more and it 's not true financial implications here . |
| 29 | But their tandem ride comes at a time when unity is becoming more of a possibility in South Africa . |
| 30 | ‘ We should like to see parents control the amount of time their children spend on computer games , especially if it becomes clear that it is becoming more than a normal hobby , ’ said the PAT deputy general secretary , Jackie Miller . |