Example sentences of "[noun sg] becomes a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A naughty child will , in this respect , suffer from either a diminution of moral status or , if the fault becomes a seasoned trait , a bad reputation . |
| 2 | One of these was Piccadilly Circus , the authors observing that : ‘ here the architectural setting becomes a major consideration , although this must not preclude a satisfactory traffic solution ’ ( para. 32 ) — an almost prophetic comment , bearing in mind the events relating to Piccadilly in the 1960s ( see p. 168 ) . |
| 3 | Saliva glands produce only 10 ml at night compared with 500 ml during the day , so the mouth becomes a stagnant pond for more than 1,600 billion bacteria overnight . |
| 4 | The holding becomes a slave-driving tyrant . |
| 5 | Although there are many periods in the history of literature where biography is quite irrelevant ( Shakespeare is an exemplarily anonymous figure in literature ) , there are also periods where biography becomes an integral element of literary works . |
| 6 | The 12 step Programme becomes a positive addiction . |
| 7 | In this case the present value of the dividends will differ , depending on whether they are being received or paid , and the no-arbitrage condition becomes a no-arbitrage band : ( S - D p ) ( 1+r ) |
| 8 | ‘ If companies are getting leaner , absenteeism becomes a big problem and cracks soon begin to appear , ’ says Tarquin Desoutter of Arthur Andersen . |
| 9 | In Textermination the reader 's mind becomes a veritable anthology of literature which supplants the author 's literary heritage as the source on which the novel draws . |
| 10 | I can not see why the actuary having a liability for an employee , if that employee becomes a deferred pensioner that the actuary having a liability for the fund |
| 11 | If the infection is unchecked , peritonitis may follow and gonorrhoea becomes a life-threatening emergency . |
| 12 | When the unborn child becomes a living person and suffers damages as a result of prenatal injuries caused by the fault of the negligent motorist the cause of action is completed . |
| 13 | When a woman is politically involved , the decision to have or not have a child becomes a political decision as well and not just a question of personal wishes . |
| 14 | The child becomes a discursive subject when it succeeds in controlling the departure and return of its mother through symbolic mastery . |
| 15 | With practice , teething troubles such as these get ironed out and the Femidom becomes a happy rival to your Mates , Durex , or Jiffy . |
| 16 | His confidence was justified and in mid June he is home at 61 Shelgate Road and their correspondence becomes a thin trickle of notes and letter-cards as they make arrangements to meet when Helen was free from her work . |
| 17 | Marx 's argument that the proletariat becomes a revolutionary force because : machinery reduces differences thus homogenising the labour force ; the nature of work in a modern factory requires organisation ; and the exploitation of the industrial system leads to poverty and alienation , can be applied to rural society in Latin America . |
| 18 | A domestic cat becomes a deadly predator , the drain pipe demands a feat of mountain climbing to scale it , and waste water from a kitchen sink thunders down on Susan and the Doctor with the force of a tidal wave . |
| 19 | Used this way , with massed greenery , or collections of glass on glass shelves , the kitchen window becomes a strong focal point . |
| 20 | The sodomite becomes a virulent image of this threat , embodying a foreign infection which in turn is linked to social disorder and economic collapse at home . |
| 21 | So the dream becomes a symbolic expression of this conflict and what very often happens is the there 's a kind of compromise in which you go off and look for the bathroom or the drink of water or whatever it is you want , but the dream keeps postponing you finding it , in order to lengthen the dream and the state of sleep , so you go on sleeping for a bit longer . |
| 22 | Heresy becomes a social solecism , a self-declared exile , as the personal history of Protestant converts amply proves : George Borrow 's Bible peddling was regarded as a threat to society itself or an incomprehensible eccentricity . |
| 23 | In this way , such a configuration becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy , because people come to form their self-understanding on the basis of ‘ psychologism ’ and the theory seems to be confirmed in people 's experience as a result of this process . |
| 24 | The alternative method is to provide that upon any adjustment of the base figure , the rent payable immediately before the adjustment becomes a fixed amount payable under the terms of the lease ( or is substituted for a fixed amount previously reserved ) . |
| 25 | Paradoxically , the availability of the Invalid Care Allowance ( until recently restricted to single carers ) may sharpen the dilemma , for if some alternative financial support is available ( albeit not generous ) giving up work becomes a real possibility . |
| 26 | In some ways , the new work becomes a poignant reflection on the very quality of thought and feeling , on instinctive actions as against retrospection as well as on the disappointment and frustration which are part of the process of ageing . |
| 27 | The foal becomes a social animal and part of the herd , and as it matures it is likely to take a similar place in the social hierarchy of the herd as its mother . |
| 28 | Out services can be improved and extended so that care at home becomes a real option for more people . |
| 29 | Through the international division of labour , the whole of civilized humanity becomes a great organism ; and precisely by this means , the political freedom and unity of all nations becomes possible . |
| 30 | But in the New Testament joy becomes an essential element in the life of the ordinary Christian . |