Example sentences of "[noun sg] becomes [adj] " in BNC.

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1 However , by propagating constraints as just outlined , SPAR is able to reduce the number of surviving candidates per anaphor to one before reasoning becomes necessary .
2 As infancy progresses , the ultradian peaks at night are missed as the effect of the daily ( 24-hour ) rhythm becomes dominant .
3 When trading in period t begins and the agent becomes aware of the price in his market , p ( ) t , it is clear from equation ( 4.8 ) that this amounts to becoming aware of .
4 Membership is sold through a bid-ask system when a seat becomes available for sale .
5 By specifying the class of interference the search becomes selective , and so certain parts can be located considering their type of attachment .
6 The search becomes desperate and one begins to get the impression that Aristotle alone is going to fit the bill .
7 If legal aid becomes available in other tribunals , ABWOR is almost certain to be the legal aid component used .
8 For the rejects , Mr Sundlun 's next decision will be to decide how quickly temporary closure becomes permanent , and by how much he can limit the cost to Rhode Island taxpayers .
9 Script becomes untidy , can often become illegible , and only comprehensible given the surrounding context , and even then still occasionally impossible to interpret .
10 In such cases , the functional differentiation between parties and the permanent state administration becomes blurred ; a dominant political party may ‘ occupy ’ the state , but at the same time , becomes itself ‘ institutionalised ’ ( 167–8 ) .
11 But sometimes the pending tray becomes overloaded .
12 Worries centre on what appears to be an acceptance by IBM that its mainframe business has slipped into irretrievable decline , and as that perception becomes widespread among users the decline can only accelerate as those that had planned to grow their mainframe installations pause and reconsider the options .
13 On letting a tyre down , for example , the valve becomes cold because of the loss of pressure of the escaping air ; conversely , the valve gets hot when the pressure is increased and the tyre is pumped up .
14 In the process of communication , the " sender 's " communicative intention becomes mutual knowledge to " sender " ( S ) and " receiver " ( H ) , i.e. S knows that H knows that S knows that H knows ( and so ad infinitum ) that S has this particular intention .
15 At the age when such a split is formed , such is the yearning for the food , comfort , holding and love which are withheld that the good becomes idealized .
16 The up-stream side becomes steep and heavily plastered with mud to make it water-tight .
17 Even better I thought to find a society that automatically lets its existing investors know when a better deal becomes available .
18 If the evaluation of the loss becomes generalised , the person will see himself as a loser , lacking in skills and opportunities to make the future rewarding .
19 At this point the similarity between market economics and Keynesianism becomes apparent .
20 Again , we can take a pattern of notes in chords which completely lack distinctive character : But with a decisive rhythm , the melody becomes vital : Note how irregularities of movement are frequent .
21 If , of course , her grief becomes prolonged and it seems that she is making no headway towards adjustment , it will be advisable for her to see her doctor , but this rarely happens .
22 Turania becomes significant in relation to Easter Island and its monolithic structures due to the existing theory that Melanesians of the South Pacific ( Fijians , for example ) migrated to the Pacific from Turania via Egypt .
23 The impulse previously contained or harnessed in the work setting becomes dangerous and inhibiting in bed when there is no alternative outlet .
24 In some cases , such parasitic cones can outgrow their parents , but at that point the term becomes irrelevant .
25 ‘ Subject to the provisions of this section , if at any time an institution becomes insolvent and at that time — ( a ) it is an authorised institution … the board shall as soon as practicable pay out of the fund to each depositor who has a protected deposit with that institution an amount equal to three-quarters of his protected deposit .
26 Add in the Department of Trade and Industry 's negative report on manufacturing in Britain , and the enthusiasm for help with investment becomes clear .
27 I had seen " choking " horses — the dry choke when the gullet becomes impacted with food but they did n't look like this .
28 This is likely to be interpreted as the date when the original owner discovers whereabouts of stolen painting and legal action becomes possible .
29 None of these texts actually deals with the question what action becomes available as a result .
30 With practice , however , the race action becomes enjoyable , particularly in close battles with your opponents as you carefully avoid collisions with them .
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