Example sentences of "[vb -s] it become [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has it become worse or better since you first arrived here ? |
| 2 | Only within the last hundred years has it become evident that a sperm is in no way comparable to the seed of a plant , which is a multicellular reproductive structure containing the embryo of the plant . |
| 3 | Only since the general adoption of the policy of specialisation engendered by the Industrial Revolution has it become common to demolish and rebuild rather than to adapt and extend . |
| 4 | We are with them constantly seven days a week and each day that passes it becomes harder to comprehend that they were ever convicted of such a crime . |
| 5 | Not content with this , a successful male inserts a chemical plug in the female which prevents other males mating with her and causes any male which sniffs it to become impotent for days . |
| 6 | From our first experiments with binary tree structures it became apparent that there were other structures available which would give much faster search times . |
| 7 | Discourse which underestimates the degree of existing knowledge becomes boring ; discourse which overestimates it becomes incomprehensible . |
| 8 | As the meeting progresses it becomes clear that the railway link will be very expensive , involving tunnelling through the hills and viaducts across the marsh . |
| 9 | After a frantic day of arm twisting by Government whips it became clear that potential rebels were prepared to back away from a rebellion in the hope of wringing more concessions from the Government before the Finance Bill , which gives legislative authority to the Budget , comes back to the Commons toward the end of next month . |
| 10 | As work continues it becomes more and more obvious how difficult and complex a task this is . |
| 11 | Only as attending proceeds , however , does it become possible to describe the immediately antecedent experience of a conscious episode . |
| 12 | Fluoride can be harmful ; the key question is , at what concentrations does it become toxic in the body ? |
| 13 | At what wind speed does it become unsafe for novice paraglider pilots to fly ? |
| 14 | Only occasionally does it become necessary to cut out main stems , such as when they become old , gnarled and barky . |
| 15 | Of course the response which is likely to be made to such objections is that God works with human beings , so that only when human society has reached a certain stage of development does it become appropriate to ordain women . |
| 16 | In the very first experiments it became clear that , compared with ‘ control ’ birds that stayed in the dark or had been exposed simply to diffused overhead light , there was indeed increased synthesis of RNA in the roof region in the hours after training in birds which had been imprinted on the flashing light . |
| 17 | Dumenil , which specialises in single country European funds , claims it became concerned ‘ very recently ’ that its valuations on two funds in particular were out-of-line with general movements in the market . |