Example sentences of "[noun pl] became [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The relative heights of the peaks changed considerably , with the left-hand peak ( in this case representing failures ) becoming relatively lower whereas the other peaks became higher . |
| 2 | it was repetitive and boring and the operators became apathetic and careless ; |
| 3 | The halls were much smaller than the rock star could have filled and concert hall operators became suspicious . |
| 4 | The early success of Ariane ( versions I to 4 ) — four failures in 18 flights underpinned the collective take-off of the European space industry in the 1980S ; the first of three Telecom-I satellites became operational in August 1985 . |
| 5 | It would appear that the small number of pupils in a country school had read all in which they were interested and borrowing declined and it was not until a new set of children were ready for reading that regular lendings became frequent again in 1911 and 1912 . |
| 6 | Since the full extent of British Coal 's rationalisation plans became apparent , the Government has faced the combined opposition of an uncanny alliance between Arthur Scargill , the miners ' leader , and rebel Tory MPs with constituencies in mining areas . |
| 7 | I ca n't tell exactly where and when the original plans became perverted . |
| 8 | The Doctrine of Signatures became fashionable , the theory of which was that plants which looked like the symptoms of an illness would cure it — lungwort or pulmonaria is a case in point , since it was used for lung conditions , because its white-spotted leaves were thought to bear some resemblance to diseased lungs . |
| 9 | In effect , the policy proposed that D category villages should be allowed to wither away ; as houses became uninhabitable they would not be replaced . |
| 10 | As competition for tied houses became hotter from 1905 , with licensing magistrates actively closing down pubs and beerhouses , Hoare 's began grabbing up other brewery firms where they could . |
| 11 | The election result has diminished the fear of an asset ‘ meltdown ’ as middle-class mortgage-payers became forced sellers of their houses after Labour 's confiscatory tax plans . |
| 12 | The wine bowl circulated more freely , the conversation and laughter grew louder , the silver-white cloths became stained . |
| 13 | Later in the 1980s , shareholders became wiser to this and sought ways to narrow the knowledge gap between themselves and the managers . |
| 14 | The most serious was at Steyning where the real hopelessness of the labourers became apparent . |
| 15 | Laboratories and institutes established by charitable foundations became bigger : the Rockefeller Institute in New York was renamed the Rockefeller University in 1977 to reflect the scale of its research and education . |
| 16 | Rivers in great cities became foul partly as a result of the beneficent introduction of the water-closet ; for diluted sewage was thus discharged straight into rivers , whereas before it had been collected as ‘ night-soil ’ in concentrated form from privies and used on the land . |
| 17 | These titles date from centuries ago before many of the larger cities became self-governing states . |
| 18 | Yet in this period , at least in Europe , the old-fashioned rural insurrection for church and king against the godless and liberal cities became scarce . |
| 19 | Toilet training often deteriorated and also sleeping patterns became disrupted . |
| 20 | Paleontologists became aware of the need to explain the radiation of the mammals at the beginning of the Cainozoic era in terms of the apparently sudden disappearance of the dinosaurs and other great reptiles at the end of the preceding era . |
| 21 | Unfortunately , when one of the climbers became stuck in the ‘ MOUNTAINEERING ’ section the rest had to rescue him and the search was abandoned . |
| 22 | Mrs Fellows consulted her General Practitioner 8 months ago after noticing that the veins in both legs were becoming increasingly prominent , her legs ached and her ankles became swollen . |
| 23 | But in November last year , the lodes became exhausted . |
| 24 | Imagery relating to ‘ floods ’ of immigrants and references to crime ‘ breeding ’ in Black ghettos became commonplace . |
| 25 | Cami knickers and french knickers became popular because they did n't take much material and were economic in coupons . |
| 26 | Every time the phone rang Dyson 's fingers became moist with sweat . |
| 27 | It became a desperate struggle to get them on ; the longer it took the more difficult it became as my fingers became numb and useless . |
| 28 | His fingers became fat maggots and detached themselves from his doughnut hands . |
| 29 | House of Representatives and Senate Democratic leaders intentionally delayed sending the bill to the White House prior to the election after some Democrats and special-interest groups became convinced that Bush might sign the bill once free of campaign pressures . |
| 30 | The site 's fifth-century history remains poorly known , though presumably neither its postulated administrative status nor its manufacturing capacity could have survived long once Roman authority lapsed and the roads became insecure . |