Example sentences of "[prep] this [noun sg] become [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the severe limitations of this technique become clear when account is taken of the conditions which would have to hold in order to render the results accurate . |
| 2 | However , the futility of this approach becomes apparent if we compare the levels of disorder at soccer , boxing and ice-hockey events . |
| 3 | However , the difficulties of this approach became apparent in attempts to relate these parental characteristics to child behaviour . |
| 4 | It is only later that the effect of this spending becomes apparent and more money may have to be spent to reach an effect that is desired . |
| 5 | However , after the end of the sixteenth century provision for ceremonies of this kind becomes rarer and is found mainly in treaties to which Spain was a signatory . |
| 6 | The planning implications of this policy became clear in Minerals Planning Guidance Note 3 ( 1988 ) : ‘ Opencast coal can often be produced cheaply and profitably … ( it ) is also an integral part of British Coal 's overall production and makes a vital contribution to their finances … it is in the national interest to maximise production where that can be done in an environmentally acceptable way ’ . |
| 7 | The implications of this action became clear ; the Junta declared the ports open to trade from every nation to which the Regency replied by a blockade ; in 1811 a Congress declared itself independent and decreed a republican constitution . |
| 8 | The cold-bloodedness of this experiment becomes apparent when we discover that chess was not one of Polgar 's great interests ; even now he is only a mediocre player . |
| 9 | When the vehicle was righted the full horror of this accident became clear . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , centuries were to elapse before this invention became widespread . |
| 11 | One-quarter of children treated in this way become dry in two to six weeks , a half dry in one to three months , and 90 per cent dry in four to six months ( Dische 1973 ) . |
| 12 | These can be said to represent only a development from earlier kinds of craft support , but the general situation was qualitatively new , in that work in this area became indispensable , in the advanced technologies , even though there could still be doubt whether such workers were truly part of the cultural production . |
| 13 | The ages at which the mothers in this book became pregnant range from thirteen to eighteen , the majority between the ages of fourteen and seventeen . |
| 14 | Anxiety on this score became acute during the last decades of the fourth century , and the first of the fifth . |
| 15 | However , some natives at this time became unreliable guides and could give away a patrol 's position . |
| 16 | The political and social tensions thrown up by this strategy became visible in the plans for the rescue and reform of prostitutes which feminists put forward as their alternative to regulation . |
| 17 | That maintenance was continued so long is probably due to the fact that Gordon Thomas , its instigator , had by this time become General Manager of the Grand Junction Company , and it is understandable that he would have been reluctant to preside over the disintegration of the lift , his most original and spectacular achievement . |
| 18 | The carving had by this time become careless and clumsy . |
| 19 | The draughtsmen were by this time becoming separated from the engineers , in that specialization which was such a feature of all aspects of life in the age of science . |
| 20 | Ozone increases calculated in the mid-stratosphere are caused by the large concentrations of SO 2 ( 200p.p.b. at 25km in July ) present in the initial volcanic cloud , which catalyse O 3 production through cycle I. Production of O 3 by this mechanism becomes comparable to the O 3 production by photolysis of O 2 in the SO 2 cloud in July ( Fig. 2 a ) . |