Example sentences of "become [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actually , I did n't go to the hairdresser once during the five months I was in Private Lives and my hair became healthier from not being subjected to heated rollers or setting lotion . |
| 2 | The inland areas became lower than the silty areas near the coast and lower than the river channels . |
| 3 | They became lower . |
| 4 | The explanation suddenly became simpler . |
| 5 | Her touch became lighter until all I could feel was the heat radiating from her palms . |
| 6 | ( Described by her adoring husband early in their marriage ) ‘ Her eyes seemed bigger to him , especially when she was just waking up and fluttered her lids several times in succession ; they were black when she was in shadow and dark blue in full daylight ; and they seemed to contain layer upon layer of colours , which were thicker in hue deep down , and became lighter towards the enamel-like surface . ’ |
| 7 | And the still , small voice which persisted in whispering ‘ too good to be true ’ gradually , very gradually , became fainter . |
| 8 | Commodity and stock exchanges multiplied as dealing by sample became easier thanks to technical improvements and standardization . |
| 9 | In any case , although some of the speeches became tougher ( in tabloid terms he began to slam and lash Labour ) , his delivery has never matched the words . |
| 10 | In Scotland , sales at Thins got off to a good start in December , became tougher , then ended with a gallop . |
| 11 | As the economy developed , the Jews became wealthier ; and although everyone benefited from their presence , few realized the benefit , whereas many felt the pressure of the interest the Jews demanded . |
| 12 | The road system built up since the Romans had come to serve a much heavier traffic load in the later Middle Ages as the county became wealthier . |
| 13 | A more sophisticated girl would have realised that her enthusiasm was being ruthlessly exploited as the tasks she was given became broader and more demanding , but Constance happily did everything she was told . |
| 14 | Gradually the streets became broader , the squares larger and less crowded with traders . |
| 15 | As generations went by , some strategies became scarcer and eventually went extinct . |
| 16 | Two appointments were made : Molly Sheavyn , who became Further Education and Youth Officer " , and Mark Frame , by then the Rev Mark Frame , who had been Honorary Secretary since 1951 . |
| 17 | Characteristically stories became shorter over time , and the individual relies on particular detail around which to structure the recall . |
| 18 | Where the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries gave way to the nineteenth , things became crisper : you read of a profusion of Elizas and Thomases , of beloved wives and lamented parents : white marble crept in with the grey limestone . |
| 19 | But the coal was not cleaned up , and although British towns became cleaner , Britain continued to pour around five million tonnes of sulphur per year into the upper air , to be blown into Europe . |
| 20 | An amazing difference occurred ; the guitar suddenly became cleaner , clearer when played acoustically and through an amp , plus I still had full use of the tremolo unit . |
| 21 | They climbed ever more steeply , and the streets broadened , became cleaner . |
| 22 | THE Government is becoming sicker by the day . |
| 23 | The exchange rate ( the price of currencies in terms of each other ) would move initially to , say , £1 = DM 2.9 , i.e. the Deutschmarks are becoming dearer , for there are fewer per pound . |
| 24 | But there is a whole science devoted to the study of behavioural control , and if you can learn something about your own psychology , what motivates you to change , the whole process of becoming healthier , of achieving a new , slim shape , will be very much easier . |
| 25 | These offerings are intended to address changes in the US market , which , according to Goldman , is polarising — low-end products are becoming simpler and cheaper , while high-end products are becoming increasingly complex and more expensive . |
| 26 | His voice flattened , becoming harsher . |
| 27 | Becoming leaner and fitter has become a choice of which limb to amputate next , ’ Mark Corner , Newcastle 's Labour chairman of education said . |
| 28 | Thus I Broke Off a Golden Branch , which incorporates Croatian folk melody , begins by seducing the ear with warm string tone and lilting piano colouring which grows , the rhythms becoming tougher and more insistent , the emotional tension mounting . |
| 29 | An article in May 1992 in Waste Age , an American magazine , on landfill capacity in North America , opened with a quotation from a federal official in 1889 : ‘ Appropriate places for [ refuse ] are becoming scarcer year by year , and the question as to some other method of disposal … must soon confront us . ’ |
| 30 | Unfortunately , with the decline of the bigger whales like the blue whale , right whale and others in the north Atlantic due to hunting pressures , attention turned to the smaller minke whale with the result that it too is becoming scarcer . |