Example sentences of "[noun sg] when it become [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The durations prescribed by the Royal College when it became responsible for the curriculum and examination have steadily increased . |
| 2 | Look at the person — maintain contact with the eyes for as long as is comfortable , look away to the mouth when it becomes uncomfortable , then return to the eyes . |
| 3 | A ban on strike action which was also proposed for the same period , with heavy fines for offenders , had been dropped by the parliamentary labour committee when it became clear that it would receive no support , but fines for unofficial strikes were increased . |
| 4 | THE South West Thames regional health authority requested the army be drafted in for ambulance work when it became clear the police could not cope , according to ambulance mangement . |
| 5 | Er you 've got eight words colours there , how many of those eight words actually make a change in their spelling when it becomes feminine ? |
| 6 | Seems like Wilko is the bookies favourite for the England job when it becomes available . |
| 7 | Connor McCaffrey ( 18 ) was taking the lift to his room at Queen 's University halls of residence when it became stuck between the third and fourth floors . |
| 8 | Gradually , all was revealed that is , people , including the authorities and the KGB , realized that the Odd-Bod Greek who had spent all those years collecting the ‘ rubbish ’ that no-one needed had in fact made a collection that was now worth a great deal of money , and it reached a point when it became awkward living in Moscow with the collection . |
| 9 | Eleanor was nearly twice the age he felt he deserved , and it had been his ambition for a long time to have a girl just at the point when it became legal . |
| 10 | A self-consciously strict conventionalist judge would lose interest in legislation and precedent at just the point when it became clear that the explicit extension of these supposed conventions had run out . |
| 11 | As noted earlier in this chapter , and by many authors , including Kanter ( 1983 ) , an attempt to change basic ideologies/schemas of multiple parties is more likely to be successful in times of crisis when it becomes obvious that traditional modes of operation are no longer achieving success . |
| 12 | The case was brought by the RSPCA after claims that the animal was subjected to brutality when it became stuck on a five bar gate . |
| 13 | At the other extreme , many historians believe that the Labour Party had simply inherited working-class support from the Liberals owing to the fact that trade unions had changed their allegiance when it became obvious that only an independent Labour Party would act in their interests . |
| 14 | The conduct of the trial itself had also been the subject of much speculation when it became evident that most of the prosecution witnesses were detainees . |
| 15 | Glamorgan 's reasoning was less clear and because the discarded man is , or was , a candidate for the England captaincy when it becomes vacant next winter , feelings inevitably ran higher . |
| 16 | That 's why marriage , or even a relationship when it becomes heavy , is a bad idea . |
| 17 | A straw poll covering 40 London restaurants and two large liquor-store chains unearthed only one outlet not intending to re-order Perrier when it becomes available again . |
| 18 | And a firm run by Ralph Willie Raynes , which used to supply most of our goods , would allow extended credit when it became necessary . |
| 19 | Turning away , she bent to pick up her skis and sticks , then began walking away from him , only releasing a pent-up breath when it became clear he was n't going to follow her . |
| 20 | This was because I thought that the universe had to return to a smooth and ordered state when it became small again . |
| 21 | It is depressing to see the predicted problems materialising one after another , and even more damaging to morale when it becomes apparent that the message we are trying to get across — that a so called free market is no way to ensure the satisfactory provision of health care to an aging population — has not been appreciated by those in a position to make a difference . |
| 22 | A national " mass of reconciliation " was proposed for Aug. 15 by the " revolutionary Peronism " faction of the ruling Justicialist Party , including the remnants of the Montoneros , who called for reconciliation with the armed forces and an amnesty for their imprisoned leader Mario Firmenich [ see p. 35561 ] ; this mass was to have been attended both by former Montonero guerrillas and by military officers from the dirty war , but was cancelled by the Church when it became clear that certain officers were using it to support their demand for an amnesty . |
| 23 | Page 29 Pound pressure : The Bank of England spent $1bn as the pound came under attack when it became clear that an increase in West German rates today is a virtual certainty . |
| 24 | Conrad argued that his pledge had applied only to the Senate seat to which he had originally been elected and , therefore , he was free to contest his state 's other seat in the upper chamber when it became vacant due to Burdick 's death . |
| 25 | This can be upgraded to the Pentium chip when it becomes available in the second quarter this year . |
| 26 | I knew a guy who made a fortune out of CB radio when it became legal in Britain . |
| 27 | But those areas were taken out of the project when it became clear that they merited their own separate treatment . |
| 28 | In other words , the Conservative party , and its propertied core constituency , became interested in new forms of appeal and organization when it became apparent that the political reliability and social stability of the lower orders could no longer be ensured by traditional methods of social and political control . |
| 29 | Emily Halliday was one of the first girls to join the school when it became co-educational . |
| 30 | ( 5 ) Because of the exemption for anything done in pursuance of a scheme of arrangement under s153(3) ( e ) , it should in theory be possible for financial assistance proposed to be provided as part of the Court Scheme to be implemented immediately ( because the target is bound by the scheme when it becomes effective ) without the need to wait for the target to be re-registered as a private company and the private company exemption procedure followed . |