Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] become [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For as the somewhat disappointing fruits of big , centralised curriculum projects become apparent , as the essential human and uneven character of curriculum development comes to be appreciated , more and more systems are seeking alternatives . |
| 2 | However , the inner city depopulation of recent years has led to falling rolls in city schools and the consequent rationalisation of local education has caused certain Board schools to become redundant , releasing them for alternative uses . |
| 3 | With extra bedroom accessories becoming accepted as standard throughout the hotel industry , it 's the personal touch and a thoughtful approach towards guests that will be of the highest value . |
| 4 | Older snow surfaces become adulterated ; damp snow attracts wind-blown particles electrostatically ( Benninghoff and Benninghoff , 1985 ) , acquiring films of rock dust , bacteria , spores and plant propagules . |
| 5 | Firstly , the hypothesis that increasing author numbers reflect the development of more labour intensive research technologies becomes untenable given the continuing high quality small group productivity seen in Nature and Cell . |
| 6 | Advocacy of the agrarian community as the manifestation of the traditional Japanese spirit led agrarianist views to become more and more part of a broader nationalist ideology . |
| 7 | By the 1920s other ports had taken much of Gloucester 's corn trade and some of the dock warehouses became used for purposes other than corn storage . |
| 8 | Increased frailty may suddenly make a house or flat , lived in for years , totally unsuitable — the garden is too big to manage , upstairs bedrooms become inaccessible , or getting to the shops and other local services presents difficulties . |
| 9 | As the process proceeds many blood vessels become nipped and the scar tissue changes in colour from red to white which can take many years . |
| 10 | SEAT BELTS become compulsory dress for the well-turned out driver at the end of last month . |
| 11 | Mr Morrison said the independence movement had opened up the possibility of former Eastern bloc countries becoming big players in the drug trade : ‘ Poland , for example , is now a major manufacturer of amphetamine . ’ |
| 12 | Also it is more difficult to provide interactive services because the trunk lines become cluttered with return signals from each branch . |
| 13 | To stress the importance of the repressive political environment is not to imply that it is the ‘ natural ’ destiny of labour movements to become moderate and accept the basic ground rules of capitalism . |
| 14 | Cell numbers are easily counted up until compaction occurs at the 8-cell stage when cell outlines become obscure . |
| 15 | The deeper we went , the more clearly python tracks became apparent . |
| 16 | Gradually the colour of the Ayrshire cattle became selected and standardised as various shades of brown with white , clearly defined , though even now there are some black-and-whites . |
| 17 | A long , sleek C-pillar gave the car a more muscular look and the side scoops became bigger and wider . |
| 18 | My daughter was beyond Play Group when punch card machines became popular , so I asked the mother of her school friend ( who ran such a group ) if I could take jumpers to show her mothers . |
| 19 | The bladder muscles become weaker and are therefore unable to hold so much fluid . |
| 20 | But it will do so by making them explicit , so that in effect techniques become distinguishable from the principles which inform them . |
| 21 | Even the smell of the Spring flowers became apparent , something he had never even noticed before in daylight . |
| 22 | Among the 50 children diagnosed with leukaemia , no suggestion of an unusual distribution of leukaemic subtypes was found , although diagnostic information in the form of chromosome studies and cell markers became available only in recent years . |
| 23 | All of the women without a confiding relationship or a job who also experienced one of the other vulnerability factors became depressed . |
| 24 | From that date the deutschmark became the currency in East Germany , border controls were removed ( except for some categories of foreigners ) , price controls were abolished ( except for rent , public transport and certain other utilities ) , the West German systems of welfare , wage bargaining , banking and labour laws became applicable in East Germany , West German rates of value added tax and certain other West German taxes became payable , and rights to own and transfer landed property were introduced . |
| 25 | The red blood cells become larger and less efficient , the white cells less effective against infections and the blood clotting mechanism is damaged . |
| 26 | At Sun Life Assurance Society professionally qualified staff such as chartered accountants and investment analysts become eligible for a staff mortgage at a preferential interest rate on completing a six-month probationary period . |
| 27 | North west winds become sporadic , except in Sardinia , where the Mistral settles in . |
| 28 | Normally we 'd expect these buoys to move west in the south equatorial current under the influence of the south easterly trade winds but during alminio winds become weak and westerly and buoys putting off the coast of Peru seemed to wander about aimlessly . |
| 29 | Just as viewers of cop programmes become immune to scenes of violence , NFL fans have grown used to the procession of injured players leaving games . |
| 30 | The halls were much smaller than the rock star could have filled and concert hall operators became suspicious . |