Sentence examples for corner of becoming from inspiring English sources

"Toronto was a hick town," said its mayor, explaining how the city bought its first Moore in 1966 in a successful attempt to reverse its image: "I was interested in seeing that it turned the corner of becoming a great metropolis" (Toronto is the Tate's partner in this exhibition).

But given a choice between a country that values every one of its citizens and nurtures their abilities, and one where food banks and beggars on street corners are in danger of becoming the norm, is there really any contest?

Akuila Uate fumbled a kick early on to allow Atkins to break the deadlock, and by the time Charnley had twice gone over in the corner it was in danger of becoming a rout.

Denver's Fourth Corner Credit Union had high hopes of becoming the first financial institution in the country to cater specifically to the legal marijuana industry, but the bank's plan was dashed last year when the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, which oversees the Denver financial district, rejected Fourth Corner's request for the master account it needed to operate.

Where a man from Bangladesh leaves his family and dentistry practice to sell fruit on the corners of 69th & Lexington in hopes of becoming a walking, talking, smiling success story.

Representative Paul Ryan, in a dour Republican response to the speech, warned of a nation at a "tipping point" and the prospect of becoming Greece and Ireland "just around the corner".

Tourism in Afghanistan feels as if it is constantly in the process of becoming - always just around the corner, never quite there yet.

She accomplishes this by inviting viewers into the intimate corners of her home, allowing access to the contradictory and complex experience of becoming a mom. .

Cable had ambitions of becoming a global clubbing brand to rival that of the Ministry of Sound, just round the corner from it.

The perk of visibility, of becoming legible".

The infinity of becoming.