Example sentences of "[noun] become [adj] so that " in BNC.

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1 About 10000 years ago , over 15 genera of Central American large herbivores became extinct so that the megafauna , previously comparable with that of Africa before the decimations caused by man , largely disappeared .
2 These represent times when the land rose , the seas drained away and the sea bed became dry so that the deposits that had accumulated on it were eroded away .
3 All the sudden excitement in the US among AT&T Co , MCI Communications Corp and Sprint Corp about toll-free 800 number business is that from this weekend , the numbers become portable so that subscribers can change from a carrier they do n't like to one that might appeal more , without changing the number .
4 If a crack begins to.penetrate into the wood across the grain , the Cook-Gordon mechanism — which we discussed in the last chapter — comes into operation in the region around the crack tip and the various cells become separated so that each of them operates as an independent helix , something like a drinking straw .
5 To protect the black child we need to develop strategies to enable the white family to become open so that there can be reciprocity between white and black society .
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