1.   And in the Forum offices, where employees had started worrying about layoffs, the mood had become much brighter.

2.   Dantowitz said that as the comet nears its closest approach to Earth it is becoming dramatically brighter and developing a longer tail.

3.   Except for residual thunderstorms in New Mexico and southern Colorado, the West will become brighter with abundant sunshine.

4.   For bicycle riders, as well, the picture is becoming brighter.

5.   In the process, clouds become brighter, reflecting more sunlight.

6.   Its pale yellow markings became brighter with alarm, before Lopez finally set it down on a rock.

7.   It was at that moment that everything became brighter, his worries faded and his road to recovery began.

8.   Other than the skies becoming brighter, nothing had changed.

9.   Suddenly the vegetables become much brighter.

10.   Paul McCartney said Friday that he has emerged from a long period of grief following the death of his wife and his days have finally become brighter.