Example sentences of "[adv] become [adj] [conj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter Anderson , 41 , told an Old Bailey jury the woman , 18 , suddenly became passionate and initiated intercourse . |
| 2 | Our boys made intense efforts to back them up with air support , but were much hampered by consistently bad weather , and it soon became obvious that long supply lines and determined German resistance were combining to bog everyone down . |
| 3 | The main item on the agenda was future policy in Ulster but it soon became clear that another issue had become dominant . |
| 4 | However , with the emergence of the Southern Irish state , it soon became clear that this secularization of the state form was not to signify an absence of Roman catholic power in the construction of public morality , but rather an indirect recognition of the sovereignty of the church in most areas of moral concern besides education . |
| 5 | But it very soon became clear that any mention of a maximum was unnecessary and , with hindsight , it can be seen as a future source of embarrassment . |
| 6 | Originally one of Mrs Thatcher 's closest confidants , he soon became disillusioned when increased competition in the defence and telecommunications industries threatened to weaken his beloved company . |
| 7 | Databases are being taught how the world works , and thus becoming more than mere filing cabinets |
| 8 | With intelligent programming , the computer should have been able to recognise either that this particular customer needed an overdraft or that he has probably just become redundant and that mortgage repayment might soon present a problem . |
| 9 | The role of the counsellor can eventually become self-limiting when this level of sharing is attained , as the counselling becomes part of the process of group interaction . |
| 10 | The plants lumped together under the umbrella name of herbs do not appear at first glance to be essential to maintain life , but it is now becoming apparent that this concept could be wrong , and that herbs are as necessary as oxygen , though the ingredients they contribute , such as minerals and vitamins , may only be found in minute quantities . |
| 11 | Firstly those substances which increase relatively rapidly with depth and then become constant and this group are usually referred to as the bio-limiting element or a bi having a bio-limiting distribution . |