Example sentences of "[noun sg] it becomes [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we consider the essential role of susceptibility it becomes plain that the people who caught a cold in the bus were ‘ ill ’ before they ever stepped onto it , for if they had been healthy they would never have picked up the bugs in the first place . |
| 2 | Suppose that in the future it becomes possible to predict others ' behaviour more efficiently by observation and computation than by the always hazardous venture of trying to fathom the mysteries of the human heart . |
| 3 | The moment it becomes unprofitable to do so , there is no doubt in my mind that the tree-farmers will abandon these forests . |
| 4 | Once public debate is permitted in the election period it becomes hard to prohibit it at other times . |
| 5 | At this point it becomes impossible to determine in what exact sequence events happen but essentially computer memory dropped below $1,000 for a megabyte which allowed a complete page of A4 paper to be created in memory at 300 dots per inch . |
| 6 | From this vantage point it becomes clearer , showing its rounded back to the west and a steep series of crags , cliffs and gullies to the north and east . |
| 7 | So deviation is a matter of degree , and at some indefinite point it becomes significant not that a writer has chosen x rather than y or z , but that he has chosen x at all . |
| 8 | I mean at the end of the day it becomes subjective , like choosing wallpaper . |
| 9 | In Christian art it becomes acceptable to portray God ‘ the Father ’ as a male figure , whereas within Judaism this would have been unthinkable . |
| 10 | At first this premise may seem difficult to accept , but as he maps the argument it becomes more and more plausible . |
| 11 | And once we take notice that in reality individual holdings in companies , other than in exceptional cases , give the holder negligible rights of control it becomes clear that ownership of corporate property could make no distinctive contribution to the realisation of whatever individual interests might be specified . |
| 12 | Finally , and on an optimistic note , if information technology is used to structure the organisation of work in ways which allow more people greater flexibility and choice it becomes possible to share different kinds of work more equitably . |
| 13 | From the outset it becomes apparent that the achievements in chess are incidental to Laszlo Polgar 's obsessive theories of ‘ genius rearing ’ . |
| 14 | Example — a vessel insured for $1,500 and following a major casualty it becomes clear that it can not be repaired for less than $1,700 . |
| 15 | With a separate , independent computer it becomes possible to have a video programme on videodisc or videotape , driven by a computer program on the computer . |
| 16 | With a twenty-one majority it becomes important cos all it needs is eleven by-elections . |
| 17 | Once a Bill or a proposed measure requiring parliamentary approval enters the lists and it is realised that an environmental impact assessment must be produced , and once it is decided to commission an environmental impact assessment it becomes public property . |
| 18 | On closer inspection it becomes clear that this is , in fact , Mario meets F-Zero , the super-fast , futuristic racing sim that took the SNES by storm — thanks to brilliant 3-D graphics and Mode 7 , the SNES 's 360-degree rotation feature . |
| 19 | But on closer inspection it becomes clear that their validity as evidence depends crucially on how the key concepts in the theory are to be defined , and on what empirical conditions they have to meet to be sustained . |
| 20 | At first sight , nine tricks are comparatively easy , but on closer inspection it becomes clear that it is impossible to get at all of them . |
| 21 | Example 4:3 Index-linked rent : upwards only YIELDING AND PAYING the annual sum of £ … ( " the basic rent " ) payable quarterly in advance on the 25th of March the 24th of June the 29th of September and the 25th of December in each year and in addition such sum payable on each of the above dates in advance ( " the index-linked rent " ) as bears the same proportion to one quarter of the basic rent as is borne by the figure shown in the General Index of Retail Prices ( " the index " ) for the month immediately preceding the months in which payment of any particular instalment of rent is due to the figure ( which is the figure shown in that index for the month of … ) minus one quarter of the basic rent PROVIDED THAT ( 1 ) if after the date of this lease the index is calculated by reference to a different base date or base figure then the index-linked rent shall be calculated as if that change had not taken place ( 2 ) if the index ceases to be published or if for any reason it becomes impossible or impracticable to calculate the index-linked rent then either the landlord or the tenant may by notice require the rent to be thenceforth reviewed at such times and in such manner as may be agreed between them or in default of agreement be determined by a single arbitrator to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors who shall have regard to market practice prevailing at the time of such notice in relation to new lettings of property of the same type as the demised property ( 3 ) in no circumstances shall the total rent payable under this lease be less than the basic rent |
| 22 | At the studio it becomes apparent that it will not be appropriate to being a class here , and after an hour we leave . |
| 23 | Communist regimes , by pointing at high growth rates , could once justify this squeeze on the consumer as an investment for the future , but with low rates of growth it becomes obvious to a work force that gratification is being denied rather than simply deferred . |
| 24 | At a certain stage in the analysis it becomes necessary not only to define each entity but also to record the relevant attributes of each entity . |
| 25 | In such a liturgy it becomes apparent , in a way in which in a traditional liturgy , with a man celebrating , it does not , because there is not the same incongruity , that women are , at the very core of their religion , dependent on the male world . |
| 26 | From this progression it becomes possible to consider chronic diseases either as acute illnesses from which we have not been able to recover fully or as arising from the individual having insufficient ‘ energy ’ , for whatever reason , to develop an acute illness and be done with it ! |
| 27 | In such a situation it becomes crucial to understand the economic effects of changes in defence budgets are likely to be . |
| 28 | And in such a situation it becomes difficult to say whether the temporary worker is brought in because of a shortage of permanent staff or because there is ( now ) a once-off task to be performed . |
| 29 | ‘ When you hear someone who is in that situation it becomes obvious what they are going through . |
| 30 | As we move into the 20th century it becomes possible to tap the folk memory directly . |