Example sentences of "it may become [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will not only knock us around on the slightest whim ; but because of its size as a mature horse , it may become dangerous for us and others to handle . |
| 2 | Then , it may become expensive speech — speech visited with costly court actions , fines and damages , and occasionally imprisonment . |
| 3 | Hungarians , Poles , Yugoslavs , and in time Czechs , are not drawn to the EC in the hope that it may become wider and looser . |
| 4 | Sooner or later it may become impossible for an elderly person or couple to continue living in their own home without support . |
| 5 | Also , with a stark division of costs into direct ( variable ) material costs and largely fixed machine costs , it may become impossible to use detailed activity-based logic to allocate these fixed costs . |
| 6 | It may become impossible to calculate the index-linked rent . |
| 7 | It may become intolerable and make sleep impossible . |
| 8 | The implication of this strong argument is that it may become cheaper in straightforward labour cost terms at the level of the economy to pay some people to stay at home while automated machinery produces the goods and services . |
| 9 | If you stick to your usual haircare regime you may find your perm drops and the curls lose their shape or even worse , it may become frizzy and unmanageable . |
| 10 | If it is lying in the open , free of vegetation , it may become weathered ( Behrensmeyer , 1978 ) but a more likely outcome for small mammal bone is that it will either be stepped on and broken beyond recognition or simply be blown away by wind . |
| 11 | If short and simple sentences dominate your writing , however , it may become monotonous . |
| 12 | In a gesture worthy of King Canute they went further : ‘ It may become necessary to consider whether the community as a whole would not be happier and more stable if it abolished divorce altogether , ’ they wrote . |
| 13 | When good husbandry or storage techniques fail then it may become necessary to carry out control measures by the installation of appropriate additional equipment , the choice of equipment/control method being decided only after seeking advice and taking all the circumstances into account . |
| 14 | Since a Convention rule covering an issue displaces the need for resort to the conflicts of laws whilst the non-coverage of an issue necessitates recourse to the applicable law as determined by the conflicts rules of the forum , it may become necessary to decide whether an issue on which the Convention contains no express provision is covered by implication , applying any canons of interpretation laid down by the Convention itself , and if not , whether recourse is to be had to general conflict-of-laws rules or to any particular conflict rules laid down by the Convention . |
| 15 | As a result , it may become necessary for these countries to discipline their own working classes as low economic growth generates domestic unrest . |
| 16 | If this situation goes on unchanged , then it may become necessary eventually , for legal reasons , to take steps to presume his death . |
| 17 | For example , it may become necessary to reject information which was initially taken to be reliable and important enough to interpret and organise subsequent information dealing with the same topic . |
| 18 | Reiterating their support for Greek autonomy , they declared that , if the Turks did not accept international mediation within a month , they would enter into commercial relations with the Greeks and " determine the ulterior measures to which it may become necessary to resort " . |
| 19 | Re-writing the partnership agreement will not be a practicable exercise in larger firms , although in certain circumstances it may become necessary , eg if in the course of negotiations with a new partner some hitherto unsuspected inadequacy is revealed . |
| 20 | In certain circumstances it may become necessary to seek waivers from the Law Society , as for instance : ( 1 ) where the new office is no more than a consulting room open for restricted periods , when a waiver would normally be granted provided ( a ) the opening hours are sufficiently advertised ; ( b ) during those hours there is always in attendance a person duly qualified to manage or supervise the office and that all correspondence is seen by a partner of the firm ; and ( c ) the business of the consultancy is accounted for centrally and not as a separate business ; or ( 2 ) where the new office is an annexe ( whether housing a separate department or otherwise ) near to the main office , when a waiver could be expected to be granted if ( a ) a common switchboard is used for both main office and annexe ; ( b ) accounts are centralised ; ( c ) correspondence is attended to in the main office ; and ( d ) clients are asked to address correspondence to the main office . |
| 21 | For others it may become infrequent for a number of reasons , such as : |
| 22 | But then , as we shall see , it may become possible to rationalize the kind of collusive behaviour which is simply not contemplated in the standard models . |
| 23 | At this level it may become essential to involve the senior buyer in high level buying decisions , in view of the large sums of money going through the department . |
| 24 | It may become clear they are likely to have a wet night before or after an event . |
| 25 | If food is kept for too long its taste will deteriorate and , more importantly , it may become harmful . |
| 26 | If the formulae are simplified , it may become easier to maintain consistency and public scrutiny and , perhaps , to avoid unforeseen consequences of changes to the elements of the procedure . |
| 27 | Even if the product is not hazardous in use it may become confused with a food product . |
| 28 | Thus , Stair , II i. 5 : ‘ The vast ocean is common to all mankind as to navigation and fishing , which are the only uses thereof , because it is not capable of bounds ; but when the sea is inclosed in bays , creeks , or otherwise is capable of any bounds or meiths as within the points of such lands , or within the view of such shores , then it may become proper , but with the reservation of passage for commerce as in the land . ’ |
| 29 | If the Purchaser shall be in receipt of any claim , or any fact or circumstance comes to the notice of the Purchaser which might constitute or give rise to a liability pursuant to any of the warranties the Purchaser shall forthwith notify the Vendor giving full details so far as practicable and shall not make any admission of liability or settle or comprise any such claim without the prior written consent of the Vendor such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed ( subject to being indemnified and secured to its reasonable satisfaction against all costs and expenses incurred or for which it may become liable ) ; |