Example sentences of "become [adj] [conj] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An unprecedented crisis developed in Germany 's ruling coalition over the financing of unification as it became clear that further tax increases would be unavoidable . |
| 2 | These offerings are intended to address changes in the US market , which , according to Goldman , is polarising — low-end products are becoming simpler and cheaper , while high-end products are becoming increasingly complex and more expensive . |
| 3 | Tragedy involves the past , and it arose when the Greek awareness of time was becoming clearer and stronger . |
| 4 | Squeeze your fist … study the feelings of tension this creates … learn what it is like now to have this experience of tension in the fist … [ after approximately five seconds ] … and now relax … let go of all the tension just allow your fingers to fall with gravity … you may experience a slight tingling effect as the muscles relax … feel the fingers and hand becoming heavier and heavier … feeling as though someone has just placed a glove made of lead on your hand … causing the whole hand to feel heavy , heavy as lead … the muscles sinking down dead weight hanging on the bones of the hand … |
| 5 | They had not stopped working as from the stairs Ralph could hear the monotonous sound of gushing water working away the flames which were becoming hotter and higher , burning everything in sight . |
| 6 | The front is even more striking — white with very strong black bands from side to side , becoming larger and thicker the further down the body they are . |
| 7 | Although hypothermia can happen accidentally , it is essentially an insidious condition that can happen over several hours , the victim becoming sleepier and sleepier in this time and not realising that he or she is freezing to death . |
| 8 | The star goes on becoming smaller and smaller , denser and denser , until its gravitational pull has become so enormous that not even light can escape from it . |
| 9 | This process will continue with both consumption and income rising , but with the actual increase becoming smaller and smaller over time until eventually they become insignificant . |
| 10 | The fresh air from the moor made her hungry , and she was becoming stronger and healthier . |
| 11 | This conflict of values in which neither side has an absolute monopoly of truth has rumbled on , becoming louder and louder in the English countryside . |
| 12 | Paul could hear , intermittently , the resonance of his voice through the noise in the throat of the wind , and the roar from the shore that was becoming louder and louder . |
| 13 | Within its shaking beams , there was nothing to be heard and nothing to be felt but the scream and roar of the wind , and the clattering percussion of objects striking the walls and the shutters , and the thunder of water outside , becoming louder and louder under a chattering ground-base of discarded boulders . |
| 14 | As it does so , instead of simply becoming louder or softer , it changes its whole quality . |
| 15 | The differences here are becoming greater and greater . |
| 16 | Tommy took charge again as the lads of Number Eleven Platoon lurched from pub to pub becoming drunker and drunker , before finally ending up in their established local , the Volunteer , on Leith Walk . |
| 17 | Meantime Martin was becoming richer and richer , while Mihal spent all his time hunting and plundering . |
| 18 | Were these countries becoming richer or poorer ? |
| 19 | Using both hands , starting from the ankle , work up to the knee and thigh ( front and back ) with light stroking , gradually becoming firmer and brisker until you are working quite vigorously ( see Fig. 21 ) . |
| 20 | I was becoming thinner and thinner . |
| 21 | THERE ARE MORE OF THEM THAN EVER , AND THEY 'RE BECOMING NASTIER AND SMARTER . |
| 22 | The searching self-portraits of Rembrandt in approaching old age , as he became uglier and poorer and more grimy , were acclaimed as masterpieces in preference to the earlier elegant portraiture of his society period . |
| 23 | Gradually , the cracks in the limestone became bigger and bigger and water began to flow through them . |
| 24 | A long , sleek C-pillar gave the car a more muscular look and the side scoops became bigger and wider . |
| 25 | And as they talked the image of the man became clearer and clearer , until Henry wanted to say to Donald , ‘ No . |
| 26 | These became taller and steeper as time passed . |
| 27 | Sir Emmanuel had a florid complexion which , apparently , became redder and redder as his temper grew worse , and his language was appalling . |
| 28 | The nearer he got the more the hills below became steeper and wilder , the paths on them fewer , and only rough stone walls patterned them into occasional huge fields . |
| 29 | As the Gothic period advanced , buildings became larger and higher , window and doorway openings increased in size so the churches were flooded with light . |
| 30 | Firstly , companies became larger and larger as wealth became concentrated in the hands of a small number of firms . |