Example sentences of "[noun] cease to be [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But after a while straight pieces of knitting cease to be satisfying and we progress to shaping , which speeds up the making-up process and also saves on materials .
2 ( b ) On termination by the Buyer in accordance with clause ( a ) the following provisions shall have effect : ( i ) all sums payable by the Buyer under the contract cease to be payable ; ( ii ) the Seller must repay to the Buyer all sums paid by the Buyer prior to termination ; and ( iii ) the Buyer is entitled to recover damages from the Seller in respect of any losses caused to the Buyer as a result of the Seller 's failure to make delivery or as a result of the termination of the contract .
3 Only in the region of full employment would such a pattern of response cease to be operative .
4 It would be niggling to say that where a writer has used assistants his data cease to be primary , but it would also be foolish to ignore the fact that the more people there are involved in a project , the more opportunities there are for errors to creep in .
5 People cease to be rational even when they 've known and worked with someone for the last ten years . ’
6 Patients cease to be infectious within two weeks of starting treatment , ’ said Dr Philip Mannion from the Public Health Laboratory Service .
7 The traditional marginal conditions of simple price theory cease to be operative in the presence of Keynesian unemployment .
8 Overall , the image gives a feel of the nature of diversification during development , since as a cell proceeds down a pathway and takes one of the branches , other pathways cease to be open to it .
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