Sentence examples for threshold of becoming from inspiring English sources

"North Korea is on the threshold of becoming an intercontinental ballistic missile country".

"You are on the threshold of becoming young men in the prime of life.

It may even be on the threshold of becoming an exportable, money-making commodity.

Sarah Girner, a photographer, 33, discovered dresses at 16, when she said that she was "at the threshold of becoming a woman".

And Young Kim, who had served in the California statehouse, appeared headed for a win in a close House contest and on the threshold of becoming the first Korean American woman in Congress.

Gaza is on the threshold of becoming the first territory to be intentionally reduced to a state of abject destitution, with the knowledge, acquiescence and - some would say - encouragement of the international community.

Each of their children died, whether from illness or accident, on the threshold of adulthood, becoming the people that they would have been.

The increase in the lower threshold for becoming liable for the payment of costs is welcome, as is the decision to fund some of the costs from a freeze in inheritance tax.

The bill would carve out a new "EB-6" class of visas from the existing "EB-5" class of visas which has a higher threshold for becoming a legal resident.

The stress sub-scale measures the state of persistent arousal and tension with a low threshold for becoming upset or frustrated.

These genes probably lower the threshold for becoming psychotic and increase the risk for a poorer clinical course of the disease.