Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] becoming " in BNC.

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1 Notably , it proposed that a " clear organic relationship " be established between the Western European Union ( WEU ) and the new political union , with the WEU eventually becoming part of the political union and developing " a common security policy on its behalf " , which would not , however , interfere with existing defence arrangements .
2 Although its Foreign Affairs Minister , Anatoly Zlenko , reiterated his government 's commitment to the Ukraine eventually becoming a nuclear-free state , he said that all four nuclear republics " should have the option of participating in the ratification and implementation of the treaty " .
3 BR indeed continued to change the country 's very geography , Gatwick suddenly becoming much closer to London with its Express every fifteen minutes , places like Peterborough and Swindon now almost as accessible as suburbs only fifteen miles away from Piccadilly .
4 He made the point that defence was not a suitable matter for the European Community , with Ireland being neutral and the likelihood of Austria and Sweden also becoming members of the Community by the mid-1990s .
5 And the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950 looked so very like the preliminaries to the Third World War that it led to Eisenhower again becoming the Allied Supreme Commander , Europe , with Montgomery as his deputy in November to prepare resistance to a probable Soviet invasion across the Iron Curtain .
6 He also achieves a subtle contrast between the sensuous country exteriors and the darkened studio — every camera movement is beautiful and necessary and the playing fastidious , with Mr Piccoli virtually becoming the obsessed artist before the viewer 's eyes .
7 The general election of 1929 resulted in the Labour Party , with liberal support , forming the government and Ramsay Macdonald again becoming Prime Minister .
8 There was talk of India soon becoming a grain exporter and she discontinued PL480 shipments in 1971 because of shortage of storage capacity .
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