Example sentences of "[adv] become [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It swiftly became apparent that congress would not go along with such an increase , especially after the big Democratic gains in the 1974 elections . |
| 2 | While its petrol-engined equivalent must have unleaded fuel , the diesel catalyser will only become effective when sulphur levels drop . |
| 3 | Such a split in the Tory ranks had no precedent , and would only become imaginable when public outrage at Government policy was aroused to such a pitch of fury that large numbers of Conservative backbenchers felt obliged to break ranks . |
| 4 | An excited horse that is enjoying a gallop one minute , may suddenly become fearful and bolt the next . |
| 5 | No one would say that the need only becomes immediate when rain is imminent ; the need is immediate from the start because rain is certain to fall some time . |
| 6 | He remained with Champneys until 1880 , but it soon became clear that architecture would never be his chief preoccupation . |
| 7 | It soon became clear that breach of confidence was actionable per se , and did not require a contractual relationship between the parties . |
| 8 | In 590 it further became apparent that bishop Egidius of Rheims had been involved in Rauching 's plot , and he was deposed from his see . |
| 9 | To the movie producers the problem defined itself in terms of having to retain the loyalty of the masses whilst never questioning fundamental middle-class values and of having to show an unease about certain aspects of the distribution of wealth and social power without ever becoming political or radical . |
| 10 | The land itself rapidly becomes degraded and land in receipt of drainage from these slopes is also adversely affected . |
| 11 | It is also becoming clear that case management is often effected by the service context , so that , like other service components , it may work less well in poorly resourced areas , and better when it is an integral part of a well resourced network of services . |
| 12 | It has also become clear that dreaming is by no means confined to REM sleep ( see Chapter 5 ) , so even if the theory was correct , the regime of REM sleep deprivation would not have been an adequate test of it . |
| 13 | At the same time , ‘ real ’ people have also become aware that fad and fashion diets do n't deal with the basic problem most of us face : to eat healthily and enjoyably all the time , while maintaining a sensible weight . |
| 14 | I was about to contact the American lawyer acting for the defendants , Mr William Rogers ( later to become famous as Secretary of State under Nixon ) , when the telephone rang and it was the New York Times enquiring when I was going to meet him . |
| 15 | The nation-state is inevitably becoming weaker as power goes both up to Europe and down to regions and districts , but it has a long life yet , and the British people have many uses for it . |
| 16 | Although the concept of tumour cells producing degradative enzymes is appealing , particularly in the light of Liotta 's three step theory of invasion , it is now becoming clear that production and regulation of metalloproteinases in health is a delicate host derived balance . |
| 17 | This is because our movements slowly become stereotyped as life goes on and we tend to move in a way that feels ‘ right ’ to us . |
| 18 | The swinging rhythm and rather pleasantly exhibitionist rhyme- scheme , together with the reconciled paradoxical terms of the maiden-mother , angels kneeling to men , prisoners freed , small become great and foe become friend , enact rhetorically a delight that redemption is indeed a game , the playing of which reverses all the normal expectations of mortality . |
| 19 | Consequently as T decreases ΔG M eventually becomes positive and phase separation takes place . |
| 20 | The UK delegation was to comprise myself heading the delegation and two principal inspectors , Geoffrey Wilkinson and Peter Bardon , who subsequently became Chief and Deputy Chief Inspector respectively . |