Example sentences of "[noun] become [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Should schools become totally secular , after the French manner ?
2 And by offering management skills training courses to heads and deputy heads of schools , we 're helping schools become more adept at self management .
3 The mental scrutiny intensifies : Chris Smith warns against letting home-life become too cushy : ‘ learn how to be loving and gentle at home but flick another switch when playing cricket ’ .
4 Yet European and American rivals believe that Japan 's casino helped its industry become more competitive rather than harming it .
5 Despite this indication that Franco had not changed the political principles on which his regime had been established in 1939 , the US military establishment pressed ahead with its plans , on the one hand to secure bases in Spain and , on the other , to help Spain become militarily capable of joining NATO .
6 While other ways of making money become more respectable and sometimes laudable , developers are still seen as the spiritual heirs of Victorian millowners and slum landlords , people who , even as they tear the hearts out of cities , simultaneously give then a fatal sclerosis .
7 Does your skin become excessively greasy and shiny in summer ?
8 I 'm extremely pleased to see the University become more responsive to alumni …
9 I 've seen prisoners become much more calm and be able to put things in perspective instead of being demanding
10 There is a danger in letting the drama become too real for young children ; we do n't want the dragons and giants of the drama to follow them home and give them nightmares .
11 Patients need information regarding the treatment plan , its timescale and any alternative options should the side-effects become too severe to continue .
12 But if she faced a China intractably hostile , staunchly pro-American and modernising with a vengeance , would the USSR become more amenable or would she look for a means of escape ?
13 In Shakespeare 's case , only as plays moved out their popular medium of production to quarto , and finally inscribed in the Folio , do the plays become textually established in ‘ final versions ’ used to undertake theoretically complex investigation .
14 Unfortunately , not only did the surface become very brittle it also became razor sharp , giving rise to numerous complaints of cuts and scrapes from actors during rehearsal .
15 But at what point in the isolation of elements does a person become merely a mad torso with head attached ?
16 Central to these were ways of helping teachers become more effective classroom managers — in both initial and in-service training .
17 The Nazis had assiduously courted Reza Shah , exploiting his desire to see Iran become more independent of both the British and the Russians .
18 Not only does their health become more problematic , but their income drops — at least in the case of those without substantial private means .
19 Many Home Helps become very fond of the elderly people they visit , often doing all kinds of extra jobs for them when they have the time , and the moral support they give to lonely old people is invaluable .
20 Do not let the bowl become too hot however , or the mixture will cook before it can thicken .
21 The aim of these courses is to help students become more effective in the business world .
22 A Time-CNN survey of 1,000 women across the country found that the vast majority think the women 's movement has helped women become more independent and is still improving their lives .
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