Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] becoming [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By shading in charts , the villagers visually appreciate which areas of life seem to be growing well and which are already becoming problematic or will become difficult in the near future . |
| 2 | The question was casual but Rachel thought she detected a flicker of interest in Louise 's blue eyes and she wondered if the stories about herself and David had reached the welfare office yet or whether she was simply becoming paranoid where he was concerned . |
| 3 | It was a low , bitter retort , and she was gradually becoming aware that the intensity of the scene had brought on another of those infuriating headaches . |
| 4 | ‘ They 're just becoming useful when there 's the silver to clean , and they gather fir cones for the fire . |
| 5 | But it is also becoming apparent that the pricing power of brand-name companies is , in big measure , a myth . |
| 6 | It is also becoming clear that case management is often effected by the service context , so that , like other service components , it may work less well in poorly resourced areas , and better when it is an integral part of a well resourced network of services . |
| 7 | Finally , technical developments in TV broadcasting and receiving equipment mean that it is rapidly becoming inevitable that , for a time at least , most TV stations will be broadcasting in two formats , to take account of the new so-called high density TV ( HDTV ) — always assuming that standards for the system can be agreed . |
| 8 | WHO WILL guard the guardians in the Philippines , where it is rapidly becoming clear that President Aquino does not command her own army ? |
| 9 | The plants lumped together under the umbrella name of herbs do not appear at first glance to be essential to maintain life , but it is now becoming apparent that this concept could be wrong , and that herbs are as necessary as oxygen , though the ingredients they contribute , such as minerals and vitamins , may only be found in minute quantities . |
| 10 | Because of the rise in unemployment it is now becoming standard that almost all those in the 15–18 age range are in education or training schemes and retirement is increasingly common from 55 years upwards , particularly from manufacturing industry . |
| 11 | It is now becoming clear that the same is true of the City of London 's many law firms . |
| 12 | Although the concept of tumour cells producing degradative enzymes is appealing , particularly in the light of Liotta 's three step theory of invasion , it is now becoming clear that production and regulation of metalloproteinases in health is a delicate host derived balance . |
| 13 | But it is now becoming clear that the people who really shape fashion and move our society are young professional men and women in their late twenties , rather than teenagers . ’ |
| 14 | Most of the invited guests arrived accompanied by a crowd of hangers-on , and it was already becoming apparent that there was insufficient space at the tables . |
| 15 | Ruby and her naughty overtones were first used to advertise Sandeman 's port in 1968 , when it was already becoming clear that a younger drinking market needed to be cultivated . |
| 16 | The American critics , to whom it was rapidly becoming clear that the dominant culture was to be their own , were sceptical of his Anglicanism and Toryism . |
| 17 | An important canvas of the autumn or early winter of 1906 , Two Nudes , now in the Museum of Modern Art , New York , could equally well be seen as two studies of a single figure viewed from diametrically opposed positions , an indication that Picasso was not only attempting to produce images of almost unprecedented weight and girth , but that he was also becoming impatient or dissatisfied with the idea of viewing his subjects from a single , stationary point of view . |