Sentences with phrase «verge of becoming»

Are they on the verge of becoming angry?

24 hours Super Snap - Up (Mar 27 17:00 to Mar 28 17:00) GearBest is on the verge of becoming the leader in electronic resale in China after just 4 years in the market.

The wireless earphones market is on the verge of becoming reinvented.

Uber is surely on the verge of becoming a superpower.

It appears that artificial intelligence is on the verge of becoming much more standard across the insurance industry.

Los Angeles, CA (Law Firm Newswire) June 17, 2014 — After more than 13 years of efforts from lawmakers and patent officials, the United States is on the verge of becoming a member nation of the Hague Agreement.

Turns out that while Covington was relegating Young and her black colleagues to second - class status, Attorney General nominee Eric Holder, who stands on the verge of becoming the first African American to head the Department of Justice, was a litigation partner at the firm.

The «On / Off» brochure says: «LED is on the verge of becoming the common technology in lighting.

The US offshore wind industry is on the verge of becoming a major national industry, according to the Business Network for Offshore Wind, but in a new report it has warned that immediate investment is needed in the US supply chain so as to offset the steady reduction of the Investment Tax Credit and to minimize reliance on the European supply industry.

The newest numbers for U.S. offshore wind show an energy sector that is market - ready and likely on the verge of becoming a power system player.

Like Williamsburg and Greenpoint, DUMBO, the acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass, is on the verge of becoming another SOHO — that is, a neighborhood initially transformed by artists, but now populated mainly by upper - income professionals.

When speaking about his work, Nonas has said that he seeks to represent «one - thing on the verge of becoming another - thing.»

When mobile gaming was just on the verge of becoming a thing, it was common to hear people make comments like, «I just don't get why would anybody want to play a game on their phone.»

In this quasi-industrial revolution setting players take control of Valerie, a young guard - in - training on the verge of becoming the titular traverser.

After speaking about 5,000 lines of Gravity, it felt like I was on the verge of becoming fluent.

Just a few decades ago, the California sea lion seemed on the verge of becoming an endangered species.

The three young women sitting at the next table with their dogs having a picnic asked if I was OK and — all being medical students on the verge of becoming physician assistants — ran me through a checklist of questions, showing vastly more concern than the dog's owner did.

Dematting is on the verge of becoming a lost art.

Yea, yea, playing, into it, doing great, best game ever, about to break all - time high score, on the verge of becoming king of the leader boards, cant wait to brag, aaaaand --------- Oh FRACK, I GOT A PHONE CALL!

Photographers may like them, but as there's no decent camera built into the tablet, they seem on the verge of becoming entirely redundant for most people.

It was difficult to find good stock images with children covering those age ranges, and pictures of things that might represent a first - grader's life, rarely work to represent a teenager on the verge of becoming an adult.

Her personal life in turmoil, Farris turns to the only person she can trust to help her get to the bottom of things — a friend on the verge of becoming much more.

Barack Obama is already one of the world's most famous BlackBerry users, but is the President of the United States on the verge of becoming the world's most famous BlackBerry PlayBook user, too?

This very OS is on the verge of becoming the most popular operating system.

Fellows is on the verge of becoming the first driver in the six - year history of the ALMS to win three championships.

As this report shows, schools are on the verge of becoming «exam factories».»

With Betsy DeVos on the verge of becoming the United States Secretary of Education and President Donald Trump promising to divert $ 20 billion in federal funding from public schools to privatization through school choice programs, the movement to undermine public education must be deliriously excited about their prospects over the next four years.

The idea of looking for a savior from outside the school system is on the verge of becoming a time - tested strategy.

From a boy on the verge of becoming a man, to a world leader holding tight to the last vestiges of hope for his country, these actors offer a wide range of roles.

This was the movie that showed that Jackson was much more than another gore - meister and was indeed on the verge of becoming a great director.

They're certainly marketing it as a goofy party comedy for guys, and it stars a number of up and coming actors that are on the verge of becoming big stars like Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, and Rob Corddry.

On the verge of becoming a household name, Luke Wilson is outstanding, making his recent doldrums all the more frustrating.

More importantly, their demo, run by Mac development tech head Andy Hertzfeld (Michael Stuhlbarg), is on the verge of becoming an embarrassing failure.

What's more, it is also on the verge of becoming the highest grossing R - rated female comedy of all time.

«Tulip Fever» was on the verge of becoming something of an urban legend before its release on September 1.

Jessica Williams is funny, brilliant, and on the verge of becoming known as more than just that girl who used to be on The Daily Show.

Swiss Army Man (Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, 2016) Constantly on the verge of becoming boring, excessive, or offensive, Swiss Army Man is a delightful bit of unhinged absurdity that never lets up.

Heigh has also befriended a local kid Anne (Chloe Grace Moretz), a little girl on probation who seems on the verge of becoming a teen runaway.

A serious - minded and decidedly adult fairy tale about a virginal young woman who learns from her brother (Malcolm McDowell) that they are descended from a race of human - panther hybrids doomed to revert to their murderous feline state while making love to anyone outside of their own bloodline — a problem as she has just fallen in love with a sweet - natured zookeeper (John Heard) who specializes in big cats — this is a film swimming in sex, violence, poetry, philosophy and swanky visuals in such extremes that it always seems to be on the verge of becoming utterly ridiculous but it somehow never goes over the edge into camp because of Schrader's serious - minded handling of the material; it may be nonsense but he never treats it as such.

Handsome Siblings frustrates because most of the time it appears just on the verge of becoming good, only to have huge doses of lowbrow humor dolloped on the tone of the film.

The washed - out blacks, greys and blues may be on the verge of becoming passe for this kind of feature, but in Chrysalis they are used to brilliant advantage.

Guerrilla's bold and indeed beautiful new IP that's on the verge of becoming the first PlayStation heavy - hitter of 2017.

They shouldn't have, as the film is always on the verge of becoming great, that with a bit more character development and time invested in the story could have taken it to the next level.

At the same time, hiring Shane Black to direct was a minor stroke of genius, the Kiss Kiss Bang Bang filmmaker reteaming with that film's star allowing Downey to breathe new life into a character that was on the verge of becoming stale.

It makes sense that the Sons, on the verge of becoming major players in the gun - running business, would end up making contacts in that world.

Instead, All Is By My Side only covers Hendrix's life from 1966 - 67, chronicling how he went from being a backup guitarist performing at New York's Cheetah Club, to breaking out as a music sensation in London - offering «an intimate portrait of the sensitive young musician on the verge of becoming a rock legend,» according to the official synopsis.

Covering a transformative year in Hendrix's life from 1966 - 67, in which he went from a New York City backing musician to making his mark in London's music scene up until his Monterey Pop triumph, the film presents an intimate portrait of the sensitive young musician on the verge of becoming a rock legend.

They actually fit fine, but the bikini cut goes right up the middle of my cheeks, so all day I felt like they were on the verge of becoming a wedgie (though, that never happened).

If you are a menopausal woman or on the verge of becoming one, there are alternatives to HRT.

It is commonly taken in combination with saw palmetto fort the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia; however, overharvesting has put pygeum on the verge of becoming an endangered species.