It would certainly add some spice in throwing open issues at top and bottom of tables that are in danger of becoming settled too soon, certainly in the Premiership.
Abraham's becoming settled, too comfortable, with his life's journey until that point would have robbed him, and us, of an exquisite relationship with God, of the possibilities he'd open with each next step he would take.
Warner met ironwoman Candice Falzon later that year, becoming more settled off the park and fitter on the field.
The earliest known American-made furniture dates from the mid-17th century, when life in the colonies was becoming increasingly settled.
"The hipster," Horing suggests, "is the bogeyman who keeps us from becoming too settled in our identity, keeps us moving forward into new fashions, keep us consuming more 'creatively' and discovering new things that haven't become lame and hipster.
The second largest economy on earth selects its leaders by a process no one understands and this is fast becoming a settled fact of the international order.
Though you might feel settled, becoming complacent could impact your financial well-being.
After the war, he seemed to settle, becoming professor of English at Southampton University; but upon retiring he resumed travelling, taking visiting professorships in Jamaica, the United States and Yemen.
The Meteorological Office said intermittent sunshine and clear skies would become rarer by Friday – just as most holidaymakers and weekenders are setting off – and "heavy or prolonged showers, becoming windy" will settle in across most of the UK on Saturday.
I'm guessing it was the year she spent in Ireland – her family had bought a farm outside Cork – and while her younger sisters were settling, becoming Irish after their London childhood, it was too late for her.
But, unlike granulocytes, monocytes undergo differentiation, becoming macrophages that settle in many tissues, especially the lymphoid tissues (e.g., spleen and lymph nodes) and the liver, which serve as filters for trapping microbes and other foreign particles that arrive through the blood or the lymph.
