Example sentences of "become [adj] and the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this point the difficulties become acute and the crux sequence of moves begins . |
| 2 | As the process proceeds many blood vessels become nipped and the scar tissue changes in colour from red to white which can take many years . |
| 3 | It can not necessarily be considered as isotropic because if highly draw the chains become oriented and the elastic and other ( for example optical ) properties differ between different directions . |
| 4 | Regardless of the political changes , she says , Russian ballet will not change until Moscow critics become honest and the West 's great choreographers are welcomed in . |
| 5 | Since 1976 the trend has been reversed , managerial values have again become predominant and the bureaucracy has expanded , albeit with some strengthening of the legislative role of the National People 's Congress and , since the Democracy Movement of 1978–80 , a strengthening of the role of ‘ workers representative congresses ’ to give workers a limited say in the management of enterprises ( White 1985 ) . |
| 6 | After a time the shorter children become submerged and the number under water increases as the ranks go forward . |
| 7 | This means that the lower dentures become loose and the person has problems with eating . |
| 8 | At about 25 per cent moisture content however these hydroxyls become saturated and the cell walls can absorb no more water ; this is known as the ‘ fibre saturation point ’ . |
| 9 | But in his second phase the issues of systematicity and method become blurred and the connection with structural linguistics becomes vague . |
| 10 | In the case of public housing , financial control from the centre has — as we have seen — become stronger and the opportunity for local variation has been reduced . |
| 11 | In this context there is always room for some sharp operator to move up the industry hierarchy of market share , although this is probably becoming more difficult as large groups become consolidated and the industry generally matures . |
| 12 | Sail camber has been formed by use of battens , either flat or of round section in sleeves from leading to trailing edge.Tensioned into compression , the battens become curved and the degree of camber is controlled by vertical stand-offs from the forward cross-spar . |
| 13 | When a group of female mice is placed with a male their oestrus cycles become synchronized and the majority of animals will mate on the third night . |
| 14 | If the quantal size changes over time , however , the histogram peaks become smeared and the analysis can , at best , only be done for relatively brief selected periods . |