Sentence examples for slow to become from inspiring English sources

THE excitement over nanotechnology making widgets just a few millionths of a millimetre across has been slow to become reality.

The International Skiing Federation was slow to become involved, and freestyle only made its entry as an Olympic exhibition event at Calgary in 1988.

Because Right to Life of Michigan was slow to become active in this race, it might be less effective, she said.

Gay's protagonists tend to have a number of things in common: most are male, working class (if they work), at ease with liquor and the vices that serve as an accompaniment to drink, familiar with the baffling ways of romance but slow to become wise to them.

"What is being transfigured here is your mind, And it is difficult and slow to become new.

They were struck every year, except 1815 due to a shortage of metal, but were slow to become established in commerce.

The Portuguese were slower to become involved in the region.

The smaller cities and rural areas were slower to become involved in the crack problem, and just as they lagged behind in the growth of crime, "they are slower to come down," Professor Blumstein said.

Consumer spending in China has enjoyed double-digit growth for a decade, while exports have slowed to become a net drag on the economy in 2011 and in the first half of 2012.

By contrast the programs that were managed by local organisations were slower to become established but crucially were widely understood and supported by local people, and were more institutionally effective.

Though the storm had slowed to become a tropical storm by Saturday, the system is still dumping buckets of rain onto the region — experts estimate at least 50 inches of rain will have poured onto the state by the storm's end later this week.