Example sentences of "become [adj] when [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However corporacy became strained when the acute unit wanted to apply for self-governing status . |
| 2 | Industrial relations became strained when the post office abolished a flexible shift system at the SWindon branch . |
| 3 | Previously people were as likely to talk of a ‘ public broadcasting system ’ ; , but this became confusing when the distinctive US Tv network with that name was established , often using British programmes . |
| 4 | ‘ But the smiles and the applause became prolonged when the familiar face stood up to acknowledge his reception like a conquering hero . |
| 5 | The civil servants watched with barely concealed glee as the ruling party became embarrassed when the North Koreans demanded compensation not only for Japan 's colonial rule but also for all the years since . |
| 6 | Bartlett 's ideas on schemata became popular when the development of computers meant that theories of this type could be programmed ( e.g. Minsky , 1975 ; Rumelhart , 1975 ; Schank , 1976 ) . |
| 7 | popular anger against inequalities in the distribution of food could be swiftly transferred into a grim determination to defeat the Hun , as became clear when the military stalemate broke in March 1918 . |
| 8 | All became clear when the jeep was unloaded at the other end . |
| 9 | The role of the probation service became clear when the Home Office published , in 1988c , Tackling Offending — An Action Plan ' , a document setting out how these proposals could be put into practice . |
| 10 | Many employees were engineers who built scientific equipment that they were unable to buy from the West and who became superfluous when the two German economies were combined . |
| 11 | For piaget , cognitive development consists of a series of stages in which these two processes advance asymmetrically , but with the mature phase of what he called ‘ operational thought ’ only becoming possible when a balance or equilibrium has been achieved between them . |
| 12 | Vauxhall could learn a few tricks here , the cacophony from the 16-valver becoming tiresome when the engine 's full rev range is explored . |
| 13 | The soil is capable of producing a couple of crops before becoming infertile when the mobile homeless move on . |
| 14 | The driver became suspicious when the man , dressed in a dark uniform approached him and asked him if he 'd been drinking . |
| 15 | It is a decay that became inevitable when the infamous Beeching Plan substituted the crass motif of economic viability for that of communal need , and ripped out the steel vertebrae of the nation , leaving whole areas more isolated than they had been at any time since the eighteenth century . |
| 16 | The reason for this will become clear when the fossil faunas are examined , for post-depositional breakage of the upper and lower jaws often removes any evidence of the jaws themselves so that only the teeth are left to provide an indication of the former numbers of jaws , and this index attempts to take this into account . |
| 17 | Issues relating to the counsellor 's own personal and family life will need to have been processed thoroughly because counselling other people has to be impartial ( rather than be affected by issues in the counsellor 's own personal life ) and because the counsellor himself or herself may become unsettled when an issued being discussed with a sufferer may be too close for comfort to the counsellor 's personal experience . |
| 18 | He beleive the newer , longer version of the Hercules may become unstable when the back doors are opened to make a drop . |
| 19 | Moreover , it would soon become redundant when the low sulphur standard becomes mandatory for all diesel . |
| 20 | The l.e.d. will become illuminated when the battery condition is ‘ good ’ and will become extinguished when the terminal voltage of the battery falls below about 8.1V . |
| 21 | Difficulties in contrast sensitivity may not become apparent when the Snellen Test is used , but a child scoring medium or low levels on a contrast sensitivity test could have problems in discriminating print unless it was presented in strong contrast in a good light . |
| 22 | Hannah herself beams with delight at the mention of his name and there can not be a past or present resident of the dale who does not become animated when the name of Sam Fawcett is mentioned in conversation . |
| 23 | David Harper said he became frantic when the hay bales in the barn caught light . |
| 24 | It was held that the company 's lien had become effective when the debts to it were incurred ( even though they were not then due for repayment ) and as this occurred before the company had notice of the charging order , the company 's lien had priority . |
| 25 | However , the weakness of the adjustment mechanism became critical when the United States , the linchpin of the system , suffered continual balance of payments problems . |
| 26 | A donor became available when a four-year-old girl died 10 days ago . |
| 27 | The need for remedial work on the roof covering became apparent when the worn-out lead valley gutters began to leak , although discomfort from this source had to be endured for almost two years until the Repairs Grant was awarded . |
| 28 | In the case of jade its aesthetic qualities only became apparent when the stone was polished . |
| 29 | After a time , the white fingers become purple when the blood starts flowing sluggishly again : the fingers are then very painful . |
| 30 | Unlike some machines of this wattage , noise was well suppressed and only became excessive when the disc was used on stonework . |