Example sentences of "as it become [adj -er] " in BNC.

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1 The rain cast a decided dampener on their spirits and , as it became heavier , Geoffrey was moved to make a mild complaint .
2 On the other hand , this degradation of the bench must be a slow process , so that the rate of cutting of a marine bench may be expected to become slower as it becomes wider .
3 But as it becomes clearer with each day that Mr Perot still harbours political ambitions for himself , the old doubts about him recur .
4 The scale of measurement also affects the estimation of soil erosion because , as it becomes smaller , the problem of redistribution of eroded material within the areal unit becomes more serious .
5 And as it becomes easier and cheaper to span the globe , knowledge of local wrinkles is becoming more important , not less .
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