Example sentences of "become [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps there is still hope that professional golf will move away from the humdrum format of 72-hole medals and the public will realise that these events become viewable only at their conclusion when they turn into match-play . |
| 2 | Unlike , say , child sexual abuse , a long-standing reality only recently recognised as a major ‘ problem ’ , heroin use in Wirral has grown and become pathologised simultaneously . |
| 3 | Annual membership fees become due either prior to , or on December 31 each year . |
| 4 | They become destructive only if they are suppressed and denied . |
| 5 | Proportionally , quite a lot of black teenagers become pregnant too , and they may well have to contend with racism and discrimination in many areas of their lives . |
| 6 | The largest of them , Greenpeace , has , in the space of two decades , enlisted 3.5 million members worldwide and become rich enough to maintain a small fleet of boats and a research station in Antarctica . |
| 7 | But scientists reconciled themselves to the fact that the answers to such questions would never be known with certainty since the fish had obviously become extinct long ago . |
| 8 | ‘ Why do non-stick pans become sticky so quickly ? |
| 9 | The only way in which to reverse this situation and become slim again is to supply the body with fewer calories than it needs for its daily energy requirements , so that it has to draw on the emergency store of calories in its own fat . |
| 10 | The calculations indicate that crystals larger than 1mm can usually escape from thermal boundary layers before they become unstable locally . |
| 11 | ‘ Or has he become possessive now he 's come of age ? ’ |
| 12 | Workers who face a reduction in demand for their services become unemployed rather than reduce their asking wages . |
| 13 | Children are usually stopped by parents from playing with their faeces , and they become interested instead in mud pies , or in building sandcastles or playing with clay and plasticine . |
| 14 | Rather like the ‘ high politics ’ school of historians , Maxse believed that once inside Westminster politicians tended , with a few exceptions , to ‘ go native ’ and become interested solely in their own advancement inside this exclusive club . |
| 15 | Her more considered view was that it was ‘ the sort of house you become fond rather than proud of . |
| 16 | It had now become clear both that significant moves towards greater academic independence for the colleges meant Charter changes , and that proposals for improvements in relationships had to be worked out in greater detail . |
| 17 | Although the practice has now become annual instead of twice weekly — at the revived Founder 's Day Service , held in St. Mary 's Church — the Latin psalm is still sung . |
| 18 | Should anyone ever make difficult decisions or should he work on them — using time as an ally if necessary — until they become easy enough to be made ? |
| 19 | The tasks of Peirce 's philosophical epistemology become clearer now . |
| 20 | They become homophobic long before they understand what it is they fear . ’ |
| 21 | The paradox is that argumentative positions sometimes become justified only when they are criticized ( Billig , 1987a ) . |
| 22 | The heathland birds have disappeared over large areas , and become rarer altogether . |
| 23 | Garlic cloves are cooked in their skins so they become soft enough to purée into a delicious sauce |
| 24 | He will say that he has duties to attend to and then , looking at the adventurers , will ask who they are and become confused again . |
| 25 | This is almost obligatory , because it takes a bit of practise before you become dexterous enough to become adept with the net and experienced enough to discover the hiding places of the various fish and other interesting creatures . |
| 26 | He 's been telling them at the public house that you 'll help his noble family become great again . |
| 27 | The behaviour of neurotic children towards their parents in the Oedipus and castration complex abounds in such reactions , which seem unjustified in the individual case and only become intelligible phylogenetically — by their connection with the experience of earlier generations . |
| 28 | Most chemists will tell you that , once chemical reactions become complex enough , the end result will be life . |
| 29 | The living turtles are placed on burning coals and heated until their top and bottom shells become malleable enough to rip off . |
| 30 | Although it helps in making lovely perfumes if you are adventurous with a modicum of artistic flair anyone can concoct pleasant blends once they become confident enough to experiment . |