Example sentences of "becomes [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more concentrated the odour , the more quickly fatigue becomes complete , resulting in temporary amnosia . |
| 2 | When these snares are loosened the tone becomes hollow and resonant . |
| 3 | Where productivity is higher the carpet thickens and becomes peaty ; Allen and Heal ( 1970 ) reported moss peat up to 2 m thick , overlying rather than mixing with the mineral soil beneath . |
| 4 | The sufferer 's height becomes lower and she will have a stoop . |
| 5 | As the frequency of a periodic nonsinusoidal signal becomes lower and lower , it can be seen with reference to figure 11.2(b) that its harmonic spectral components become bunched closer and closer together . |
| 6 | In places the path becomes narrow and rocky and needs care . |
| 7 | It sculptures caves in its banks as it falls into a deep ravine , and becomes sedate only in its later stages as it leaves its dale to lose its identity in the River Lune . |
| 8 | Always have a plan B in case your original choice becomes impractical for any reason . |
| 9 | However , there seems to be no reason why it should break down until the gravitational field becomes strong enough that quantum gravitational effects are important . |
| 10 | But you find eventually there 's perhaps two or three colours that becomes strong through the year . |
| 11 | The entrance is dry but soon becomes low , developing into a crawl where the stream from Lower Long Churn is admitted . |
| 12 | The AND gate output therefore becomes LOW and the integrator ramps down to zero . |
| 13 | As the production of dictionaries becomes computer-based so dictionaries are becoming increasingly available in machine readable formats . |
| 14 | Just as any oppressed man is most enslaved when he becomes shameful in his own eyes , so the Christian is deepest in captivity when not only in his believing but in his doubting too he dances to the tune of his culture 's parody of his faith . |
| 15 | The capitalist becomes rich because the workers become poor . |
| 16 | capitalism and becomes rich as the we western world then th they 'll be all for that |
| 17 | But as soon as it is dusk , the soil becomes alive with toads frantically digging their way to the surface . |
| 18 | The loving parent who tries to shield the child from harm to such an extent that he becomes timid and anxious can cause as many problems as the thoughtless and impatient adult who thinks that telling the child he is stupid will spur him on to greater efforts . |
| 19 | The reader can appreciate her desperation as her love for Macbeth becomes hopeless . |
| 20 | Rather , the purer observation and clarity of the child becomes conditioned by the attitudes and belief systems of the parents , teachers and associates . |
| 21 | The child becomes conditioned to dislike food and even when the disorder has been treated the child will continue to avoid food because of past experience . |
| 22 | This develops during a prolonged dry season when reinfection is negligible , but the pasture becomes deficient in nutrients . |
| 23 | It only becomes that towards the end . |
| 24 | Suddenly the scale becomes that of a cathedral , and it 's not fanciful to put the spirituality of the place in the same category . |
| 25 | The winning team becomes that area 's representative at Edgbaston on July 13 , where the 16 finalists will play off to decide the Wrigley Softball Champions of 1992 |
| 26 | The specialization of functions has a dispersive effect and a primary function of government becomes that of securing co-ordination amongst the parts . |
| 27 | Leavitt becomes that stock character , the insensitive male exploiter . |
| 28 | In these terms , the original puzzle becomes that of why natural selection does not produce a population consisting entirely of hawks . |
| 29 | and it becomes that . |
| 30 | The question now becomes that of deciding what precise proportion of any unexpectedly high price is due to the aggregate demand shock and what proportion is due to the relative demand shock . |