Example sentences of "become [adj] when [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , becoming angry when travel arrangements go wrong can hardly help . |
| 2 | This was true , in its way , but that did not prevent great-nephews and great-nieces becoming irritated when Auntie babied them and fussed over their clothing or over whatever they happened to be doing . |
| 3 | While its petrol-engined equivalent must have unleaded fuel , the diesel catalyser will only become effective when sulphur levels drop . |
| 4 | Alwyn Crawshaw has also collaborated with the TV company to make 12 easy-to-follow programmes and , in each , he has put forward some useful tips that will become handy when painting . |
| 5 | Such a split in the Tory ranks had no precedent , and would only become imaginable when public outrage at Government policy was aroused to such a pitch of fury that large numbers of Conservative backbenchers felt obliged to break ranks . |
| 6 | Coursework became compulsory when GCSE replaced O-levels in 1988 . |
| 7 | But the severe limitations of this technique become clear when account is taken of the conditions which would have to hold in order to render the results accurate . |
| 8 | This becomes possible when money market rates edge above banks ' base rates enabling favoured customers , paying very little over base rate , to borrow from banks and then to lend the funds in the money markets . |
| 9 | This becomes evident when consideration is given to the processes by which these styles are produced and consumed . |
| 10 | No one would say that the need only becomes immediate when rain is imminent ; the need is immediate from the start because rain is certain to fall some time . |
| 11 | This becomes necessary when chain entanglements begin to have a significant effect on the relaxation times . |
| 12 | In the nineteenth century such ice-houses tended to become redundant when ice was imported to this country from Norway and North America throughout the year . |