Example sentences of "become [adj] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | A late stimulus for the evolution of distinctive mammals was the Pleistocene Ice Age , although a variety also became extinct at this time . |
| 2 | Clinical measurements were becoming popular about this time , and many interesting things were being discovered as a result of this more quantitative approach . |
| 3 | She studied the Workshops , frowning , and Caspar , who was becoming alarmed by this time , saw that this was no ruse to secure his assistance ; Fenella intended to get into the Robemaker 's Workshops and rescue whoever it was who was in there . |
| 4 | Travelling was becoming fashionable at this time , but it was still unusual for a woman to tour the country in this way . |
| 5 | It became impossible at that time to use words like ‘ proletarian ’ , ‘ working class ’ or ‘ Blue Col ’ . |
| 6 | The result was that the union became subordinated for some time to the hierarchy and a breakaway union of protestant teachers was formed . |
| 7 | In announcing his decision , Thornburgh suggested that his resignation would not become effective until such time as he was formally selected as the Republican party 's official candidate . |
| 8 | It may be that the injuries are such that their full effects will not become apparent for some time and a hasty settlement might lead to an underestimation of the damage , but generally delay is on the side of the defendant . |
| 9 | It was strongly supported in the 1950s by the companies who purchased the cotton grown as a cash crop in the savannah , because it appeared to be the most effective way to reverse the declining fertility and falling yields which had become apparent by that time . |
| 10 | However , another of the original aims had become obsolete by this time . |
| 11 | It became apparent about this time that the economy was also slowing down . ’ |
| 12 | Her lifelong tendency to form intense and smothering attachments to both men and women , by their very nature doomed to failure , became apparent at this time . |