Example sentences of "may become a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once a person is infected they may recover naturally or they may become a chronic carrier of the virus . |
| 2 | Access to the child may become a contentious issue during an investigation . |
| 3 | But the new admission that Britain is considering ( forgetting ) about further reprocessing plant opens up the possibility that the temporary store may become a long-term dumping ground for the industry 's most dangerous waste . |
| 4 | Unless a consensus can be developed about priorities , health care may become a political football , with programmes being terminated by incoming administrations merely because they were introduced by an opposing party . |
| 5 | Although these cheeses are very popular in Europe ( it is said that the average German eats 5kg/11lb of quark a year , accounting for half their cheese intake ) they may become a passing fad of the era of nouvelle cuisine in the UK . |
| 6 | Whilst we can expect a little less controversy , it seems certain that the additional publicity next autumn from an English challenger for the world title is bound to generate a similar upturn and the 1990s may become a golden era for British chess in more ways than one . |
| 7 | This new technique may become a useful tool in new applications in chemisorption and catalysis . |
| 8 | WIRRAL Safer City Project may become a major casualty of financial cutbacks following withdrawal of Home Office funding next spring . |
| 9 | A SALT-LOVING bacterium may become a major ally in the effort to develop new drugs . |
| 10 | The form of service and the choice of hymns , if any , should be your parent 's , and if she is hoping to see her husband 's coffin surrounded by flowers on its last journey , nobody should suggest to her that she should instead consider asking relatives and friends to send donations to a suitable charity , for this may upset her deeply , and if she gives in to it , it may become a burning resentment in her later on . |
| 11 | The organic food stalls will be there on Sundays and , eventually , if there is enough interest from customers and caterers , may become a daily fixture . |
| 12 | Provided all the shares are owned by a government agency or by a financial institution , a joint-stock company may become a one-man company , but if it becomes insolvent the sole shareholder is liable for all the company 's indebtedness . |
| 13 | If the pollution fails to disperse , the bans which take place from 6am to 8pm may become a permanent feature . |
| 14 | Gigabyte storage using optical disks is available now at a price , and may become a realistic option for computerising Herbarium image data well within the next ten years . |
| 15 | If X starts to pay a regular sum of money to Y , X may become a periodic tenant . |
| 16 | If we are not careful adult education may become a social service like national insurance , ‘ laid on ’ by the university in a spirit if efficient paternalism . |
| 17 | The wholly good object may become a focal point around which the emergent ego can form , while in reaction to the wholly bad object , the infant develops a set of strong persecutory feelings . |
| 18 | After reaching the Sahn , the highest of the 50-akce medreses , the scholar may become a 500-akce kadi and thence kazasker . |
| 19 | Engler rejects a notion of pragmatics based on the distinction between text and context and defines textualisation as " how a work of verbal art may become a literary text " ( p. 182 ) . |
| 20 | Since it is supported by demographic shifts towards the breakup of the mass audience into niche markets , it is a trend which may become a continuing tradition . |