Example sentences of "[pron] it become [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , the conditions in which it becomes possible for an animal to perform an act that would bring it food become rewarding themselves . |
| 2 | The former will make a strong statement , enhancing the rest of the display , whereas the latter could result in a fussy mess in which it becomes impossible to enjoy any of the plants as individuals . |
| 3 | Those housewives who ‘ do n't mind ’ ironing make it clear that they dislike the task itself , yet have found conditions under which it becomes bearable . |
| 4 | Its practitioners operate in a world constrained by a belief in the immediate implementation of the legal precept , in which it becomes axiomatic that even the academic/criminologist will remain outside the world of praxis . |
| 5 | There is a point beyond which it becomes impracticable to continue . |
| 6 | Moreover , an ant under the sway of a dope-peddling caterpillar eventually enters a state called ‘ binding ’ , in which it becomes inseparable from its caterpillar for a period of many days . |
| 7 | After one or two early passages of arms , when Wheeler had first come into the post , in which it became apparent that Wheeler was prepared to be a good deal nastier to Ian than Ian was to him , Ian had settled for a civil service manner in which he made no attempt to contribute to the department 's thinking . |
| 8 | Yet in August and September 1858 , when on holiday in Germany , Rostovtsev wrote the tsar four letters in which it became apparent that he had changed his ground . |
| 9 | Euripides ' importance for New Comic poets like Menander ( 342–293 ) and Philemon ( 368–267 ) lay , above all , in his introduction of mundane naturalism , through which it became possible , for the first time , to stage the mediocrity of ordinary life : " Euripides brought the spectator on stage . " |
| 10 | The net result was a political atmosphere ‘ in which it became impossible for the police as a whole to avoid a distortion of priorities and for individual police officers it became more and more difficult to disentangle fact from prejudice in assessing those whom they were sent to police ’ ( McCabe and Wallington , 1988:134–5 ) . |
| 11 | The third National Government followed upon the resignation of the Liberal ministers and of the free trader , Snowden , in September 1932 , after which it became little more than a Conservative government , with the adhesion of a few ex-Labour and Liberal politicians , all owing their seats to an electoral pact with the Conservatives . |
| 12 | There was an awkward pause during which it became clear that this hint was going to be ignored like all previous ones and then the Guider realised that the pause was going to continue . |
| 13 | ‘ In the 19th century , a series of cases forced upon the Commons and courts a comprehensive review of the issues which divided them , from which it became clear that some of the earlier claims to jurisdiction made in the name of privilege by the House of Commons were untenable in a court of law : that the law of Parliament was part of the general law , that its principles were not beyond the judicial knowledge of the judges , and that it was the duty of the common law to define its limits could no longer be disputed . |
| 14 | Braintree says the southern link road was included in the package simply to push the overall cost up to a level at which it became eligible for government funding . |
| 15 | Braintree says the southern link road was included in the package simply to push the overall cost up to a level at which it became eligible for government funding . |
| 16 | Once I realized I loved her and that she loved me it became clear that I had to leave my wife . |
| 17 | We canna have everybody putting eights , nines and tens and nobody putting ones , twos , and threes because then it it becomes meaningless er , in relation to the section it 's got to bear some relation to what sort of standard you expect from a child at at such |
| 18 | Somewhere people are drumming — it must be at the far end of the village , because at times the rhythm is distinct but when the wind takes it it becomes muffled , merging with the roar of the full monsoon river . |