Example sentences of "[adj] become [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He who possessed all things , laid it all aside , he who was rich became poor |
| 2 | Anne was surprised at how quickly all that seemed so strange became normal . |
| 3 | Hence , 75 , 74 , 73 , 72 and 71 became 1–5 , 70 became 6 , 68 became 7 , 65 became 8 , 60 , 59 , 58 and 56 became 9–13 . |
| 4 | Spitalfields emerged on the crest of a style wave in which everything Georgian became fashionable . |
| 5 | They each became Prime Minister after serving in two of the great offices of state . |
| 6 | As the weak became strong , they cast it aside . |
| 7 | There was plenty of land around the site which would allow easy expansion when that became necessary ; , |
| 8 | That became available to the parties on 19 January 1992 . |
| 9 | Until that became clear , de Gaulle regarded it as essential to keep a number of different options open . |
| 10 | As far as small schools are concerned , erm one of the things that that became clear during the debate on Banbury School was that the school itself is funded according to the formula that is allocated for all the other Oxfordshire eleven to eighteen schools and it is not something additional . |
| 11 | The pressure was less intense in the sugar islands , where British garrisons and naval support were visible , but life for a governor on the mainland was difficult and grew harder as memories of the wars against the French became dimmer . |
| 12 | These ferns began to slowly change shape and structure during the Devonian , and some became tall and tree-like . |
| 13 | Others we chatted with when we met them around the grounds , and some became temporary friends who asked us in for coffee or drinks , invitations which we pleasurably returned . |
| 14 | Some became sticky and could clump together in colonies . |
| 15 | Some became pregnant through contraceptive failure , such as missing taking the Pill for a day , or a faulty condom , but most do it through not using any kind of contraception at all . |
| 16 | Instead some became tied agents . |
| 17 | Some became larger with heavy lime shells . |
| 18 | As the day went on , some became impatient . |
| 19 | At the end of that time , each one of them had experienced unpleasant symptoms ; some became hostile and argumentative ; some had panic attacks and nightmares ; all of them found their attention span had grown shorter and they were finding it more difficult to remember things . |
| 20 | Some became voluntary aided , preserving a considerable measure of autonomy , receiving full support for all their annual running costs and a generous subsidy ( at first 50 per cent , but in later decades rising to 80 per cent ) towards the capital costs of building . |
| 21 | Some became active burrowers , tunnelling through the mud in search of food particles . |
| 22 | Devlin and O'Cathain found that of 122 children consecutively referred , 22 became dry after a structured interview ( with the child alone as well as with a parent ) , advice on personal hygiene and cleanliness training , daily bladder exercises , and provision of a ‘ star chart . ’ |
| 23 | This became tiring , so I called a halt and suggested that Eddy , who was taller than I , should be the next horse — or did we use the word ‘ donkey ’ ? |
| 24 | This became worse and worse and eventually he had to be put out of his misery . |
| 25 | Previously people were as likely to talk of a ‘ public broadcasting system ’ ; , but this became confusing when the distinctive US Tv network with that name was established , often using British programmes . |
| 26 | He found he could dowse the ‘ charge ’ in a stone , the wavelength being in the radio section of the electromagnetic spectrum , that this became fixed by electromagnetism , and that the germination of plants could be affected if they are on one of the ‘ charge lines ’ . |
| 27 | This became apparent to others before it did to MacDonald himself . |
| 28 | This became famous under the brand name of Gossage . |
| 29 | In the end , this became critical to the industry 's survival . |
| 30 | New occasions of conflict were now appearing and would eventually break up the long peace , and as this became clearer so did the essentially competitive nature of the European system . |