Example sentences of "become a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have worked for 14 years as a care assistant in a special school , and although the general attitude towards individuals with a mental handicap is gradually changing , it is both reassuring and encouraging to see youngsters such as these becoming a more regular part of ‘ everyday life ’ . |
| 2 | Over the intervening years , however , the West may be thought to have let him down by declining , diminishing , to the condition of the West Indies : by becoming a backwater , with its Watergate and Ulster , its economic arrests and somnambulistic states of emergency . |
| 3 | At this stage , too , the allocation of parts and the standard of performance is becoming a lot more competitive — a foretaste of the profession itself . |
| 4 | After all , becoming a provisional member of Equity does n't give them work , it merely gives them the opportunity to work in the career for which they have trained . |
| 5 | By the end of the Regency period the pub was becoming a far more attractive proposition for the government , too . |
| 6 | She dreamed of becoming a chef at school , but her domestic science teacher hated her and told her that she would never be a cook . |
| 7 | ‘ You do n't have to worry about me becoming a burden on you , you know . |
| 8 | In many cases becoming a detective relies on a quiet system of patronage ; of being invited in by those already inside with power . |
| 9 | And just as she was feeling sure and secure , a smile becoming a real part of her as she gloried in the feeling growing between them , Lucy gave her to understand that she was going away for three weeks . |
| 10 | Much as poetry was becoming a part of him , his most natural form of self-expression , and the one that reached him first , was music ; side-by-side they were to advance with him throughout his developing days and early professional life . |
| 11 | The observer had become a diagnostician ; he was fast becoming a prophet . |
| 12 | What , after all , is the difference between a priest acting in the highest sense of his vocation , or a prophet compelled into declamation , or such a saint ( even unknowing ) , opening himself up to the mercies of God , becoming a channel for them to the world ? |
| 13 | He 'd left school and wanted his advice on becoming a writer . |
| 14 | After a century of immensely influential life , Marxism is becoming a dying culture , to adapt the phrase of an earlier Marxist thinker , Christopher Caudwell . |
| 15 | Overcrowding is becoming a significant problem with the explosion in mobile communications and broadcasting services . |
| 16 | The possibility of the Transkei becoming a base of operations for the ANC does not , suddenly , seem far-fetched . |
| 17 | Two years ago , the Princess said that show jumping was ‘ in serious danger of becoming a second-rate circus . ’ |
| 18 | By then both men were heavy-legged and Mason 's inexperience at this level of boxing looked like becoming a decisive factor until he closed in and sent the American down with a short right to the temple and then a following left hook . |
| 19 | It now looks as if membership of the slate is rapidly becoming a disadvantage . |
| 20 | Now it is becoming a powerful factor in the new , frenzied politics of Eastern Europe . |
| 21 | NORMAN YARDLEY was an extraordinarily gifted games player who rose to become captain of Yorkshire and England , later becoming a regular BBC commentator and chairman of selectors . |
| 22 | . 35 Coventry … 6 SO far as the ratings are concerned , Leicester 's Lethal Weapon 2 is in the process of becoming a smash hit . |
| 23 | RADIO paging across the world is becoming a reality with the introduction of ‘ frequency agile ’ pagers which can listen in to the frequencies used by different countries . |
| 24 | Scott-Kilvert 's other interests included membership of the European-Atlantic Group , becoming a committee member in 1984 and an executive editor of its Journal . |
| 25 | It was also to be Andrew Knight 's last executive action : he is becoming a non-executive deputy chairman as Conrad Black , holding 80 per cent of the shares , assumes daily control . |
| 26 | Sir : The article by Tom Arnold ( 9 October ) , vice-chairman of the Conservative Party , takes much pride in the fact that social connections are , in his view , no longer a passport to becoming a Conservative candidate ( 9 October ) . |
| 27 | Republic of Ireland .. 3 Northern Ireland ..... 0 THE celebrations were on the point of becoming a full-blown ceilidh when the score was corrected : Spain had not won 2-1 in Budapest , but the Hungarians had equalised eight minutes from time , and a bizarre set of circumstances could yet deny the Republic their first appearance in the World Cup finals . |
| 28 | With the latest rise in interest rates and speculation that more may be to come , that loan is becoming a millstone . |
| 29 | Labour is , however , becoming a less vulnerable target . |
| 30 | The Pru says that Britain is becoming a nation of spendthrifts with less than £5 in every £100 of disposable income being saved last year -the lowest level for 30 years — and is encouraging people to save the extra cash . |