Banks have become somewhat more willing to make loans lately.
More recently, Dr. Bromwich said, the weather in West Antarctica seems to have become somewhat erratic.
Since then, the recipes have become somewhat more gourmet, but the prices have stayed low.
Like all Boston-based teams, the Celtics have become somewhat irrationally dislikable.
"We have become somewhat callous to these news announcements," he said.
RESIDENTS of Santiago have become somewhat immune to the bomb attacks that have dogged their city for the past decade.
In that regard, the Nets have become somewhat like the Knicks -- big spenders with nothing to show for it.
The funds as a whole have become somewhat more conservative and are not taking wild risks anymore.
The morality police have become somewhat less pervasive, but efforts to free political speech and the press have been crushed.
And right now, Mr. Romney's actual views on birth control - which his campaign refused to clarify in repeated e-mails - have become somewhat beside the point.
Along with films targeted at older audiences, such as "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel", blockbuster films have become somewhat more mature, says Ben Roberts of the BFI.
