Example sentences of "may become [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other instances the parents will need help or the session may become completely disrupted . |
| 2 | Retribution can take a variety of forms : members of the same species may become generally scarce ; the hunter may have bad luck in future hunting , and/or he or a member of his family or social group may be afflicted with injury , illness , madness or even death . |
| 3 | If pupils are disaffected with school because they fail to see its relevance to the labour market , then non-sexist curricula may become yet another target for displays of boredom and alienation , yet another part of the school fabric to be attacked . |
| 4 | Furthermore , the processes giving rise to pollution sometimes produce erratic discharges in which effluents may become heavily polluting , and riverwater is also inherently variable in quality . |
| 5 | A person with IBS who has ignored the symptoms for years may become acutely aware of them when a close relative succumbs to cancer . |
| 6 | A + mistake may be made at a single point or a length of DNA may become temporarily dislocated and be reinserted in the wrong place . |
| 7 | The Experimenting Team — Issues are faced more openly , listening takes place , the group may become temporarily introspective . |
| 8 | For instance , on a down-to-earth , but very real , level , one partner to a homosexual union may forsake his work to look after house and home , or may become financially dependent on the other . |
| 9 | As a consequence , mothers especially may become closer to their daughters because they now have the experience of pregnancy and childbirth in common . |
| 10 | ( d ) whether any shares are held by family trusts ( trustees may become particularly vulnerable if an offer is made at an attractive price because a refusal to accept may result in allegations of a breach of trust ) ; |
| 11 | If left to stand , the flavours will combine but the nuts may become slightly soft . |
| 12 | Although supervision was the most common form of disposal in truancy cases under section 1(2) ( e ) ( and may become even more standard practice under the Children Act 1989 ) , the practice adopted in Leeds magistrates ' court of adjourning such proceedings as a threat to the parents to improve the child 's attendance or else the child might be made the subject of an order , was claimed to be more effective as well as reducing overall levels of local juvenile delinquency . |
| 13 | It is important to realize that this state of affairs is only temporary and that sex may become even more exciting and rewarding once the menopause has passed . |
| 14 | Namibia is particularly interesting because of its " desert " elephants and black rhinos , which have suffered a recent upsurge in poaching and may become even more vulnerable as the country moves towards independence . " |
| 15 | But a declining fish population may become increasingly dominated by young fish or , more often in lakes , a few large old fish . |
| 16 | In any case , the traditional distinction between the ‘ pastoral ’ and ‘ academic ’ roles of the school may become increasingly unhelpful . |
| 17 | It is reasonable to assume that hormonal effects predominate in younger women , while dietary factors may become increasingly important in older women . |
| 18 | In rural areas the school frequently serves as a focal point for the local community — its removal can have a detrimental effect in that it may become increasingly difficult to attract new families to settle , the younger age groups tend to drift towards the neighbouring towns and the average age of the remaining inhabitants goes on rising . |
| 19 | The quieter , hidden venues may become increasingly attractive ; those places where rare and unsuspected solitude can sometimes be found , where one 's obsession can be indulged , away from the eyes of would-be competitors Gardom 's Edge is such a place , despite its proximity to more celebrated neighbours such as Birchens ( aagghh ! ) , |
| 20 | It may become increasingly necessary to avoid contact with certain people as much as possible . |
| 21 | Editor , — K M Citron discusses BCG vaccination against tuberculosis and asserts that vaccination of hospital staff may become increasingly important . |
| 22 | Compaction may cause fine particles to move into direct contact with their neighbours so a high initial porosity may become drastically reduced with burial . |
| 23 | Metals may become unexpectedly mobile If they become attached to colloids that are small enough to move with the groundwater . |
| 24 | As a consequence , when there is pressure in other areas , the personnel department may become inadequately resourced . |
| 25 | On the academic site , detailed tephrachronology makes it possible to study patterns in the behaviour of volcanoes — the magma erupted from one volcano may become steadily more acid , or it may show cyclical changes , or it may even vary consistently during each eruption , starting off fairly basic and ending up at the close of the eruption much more acid . |
| 26 | But , of course , executive control of Parliament and Parliament 's supremacy over the courts mean that the constitution may become simply what Her Majesty 's Government says it is . |
| 27 | Healthy , lustrous hair will complement any cut , although at this time of year it may become rather depressed after the exhausting effects of the sun and sea . |
| 28 | The man who is basically insecure in himself , or the one who looked to his spouse as a mother as well as a wife , may become bitterly jealous of his children : a jealousy which he will seldom allow himself consciously to recognise , so that he will place blame on his wife , justifiably or not , for neglecting him . |
| 29 | People who come into frequent contact with domestic animals may become transiently infected but the symptoms do not last for any appreciable period . |
| 30 | Zhanna is exceptionally talented but very difficult , a problem child who may become either a huge international star or a provincial restaurant singer . |