Example sentences of "and [noun pl] become " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when organizations grow to a level where it is impossible for all the members to know each other , where the division of work between individuals and groups becomes more strict , where communications are restricted by physical and administrative distances and boundaries — in such a situation the need for an idea-handling system arises even in an organization where the cultural and climate conditions support creativity and innovation . |
| 2 | Food and possessions become shared , rather than bought and sold . |
| 3 | Behind private placements lies a simple premise : the fussier investors and issuers become about the design of their securities , the less they will want to deal in the standardised paper available on the public markets . |
| 4 | Finally , it was felt that unless the attitudes of advisers and information-givers became more positive towards integration , none of the recommendations could be effective . |
| 5 | In case police behaviour changes as new procedures and rules become familiar , then whole research exercise will be repeated again after the Act has been operational for eighteen months ( summer 1987 ) . |
| 6 | Not only have batteries and chargers become the focus of power-tool research and development , but smaller and more efficient motors are having to be produced |
| 7 | The emotional feelings of people with advanced brain failure may be intact , but somewhat free floating as people and objects become no longer recognisable . |
| 8 | Since the acquisition of beautiful paintings and objects became one of the ways to clambering up the slippery social slopes this sort of chatter has become jet-propelled . |
| 9 | The point at which a group 's needs and requests become institutionalised determines how far the community group is part of civil society and therefore lying outside the rubric of the state , and how far it is part of the state apparatus . |
| 10 | First , there was the simple fact of depopulation which diminished the general size of the market and the level of demand for indigenous manufactures , and no doubt thereby arrested the economic development of the whole region ; second , the depopulation affected agriculture , reducing some previous food exporting regions to starvation levels by the nineteenth century ; third , African production of cloth , metalware and other handicrafts was severely affected , not only by the loss of so many of its producers , but also by the fact that in return the slave traders penetrated the markets of the coast and hinterland with European cotton and manufactured goods ; and fourth , as the demand for slaves multiplied and as many African kings and merchants became even more dependent on European trade , war raids for the capture of potential slaves from neighbouring societies became even more frequent , injecting political instability , consuming precious economic resources , and creating a vicious spiral in which rival kingdoms became ever more dependent on the slave trade to acquire the fire arms necessary for capturing more slaves and in turn defending their slaves against slave-hunting raids from neighbouring kingdoms ( Rodney , 1972 , pp. 104–23 ; Davidson , 1974 , pp. 206 — 10 ; Inikoria , 1982 ) . |
| 11 | Initially the main focus was on experimental production but , as the movement gained ground , questions of audience and of access to technology and skills became increasingly important . |
| 12 | The effects of educational courses and programmes become harder to evaluate the further one moves from the initial point of instruction . |
| 13 | The effects of educational courses and programmes become more difficult to evaluate the further one moves from the initial point of instruction . |
| 14 | Indigenous economic interests and institutions become dependent on the state bureaucracy . |
| 15 | He had contracted acute nephritis — inflammation of the kidneys — together with high blood pressure , and his face , feet and ankles became very swollen . |
| 16 | Once the enhancement is one full-time teacher or more , then a whole range of managerial roles and strategies becomes available because it is possible to combine full-time class responsibility — which many heads see as vital to the integrity and continuity of children 's education — with substantial cross-school management , development and support . |
| 17 | If the Cubans and Nicaraguans become his primary support groups , it will be a very bad situation , ’ Mr Andy Messing , a former US Special Forces officer who trained in Panama , said yesterday . |
| 18 | Mothers caring for their children on their own may need to find outside employment , and the strain of the dual role may result in a chaotic lifestyle where the children get less attention , household chores remain undone and mealtimes and bedtimes become erratic . |
| 19 | Although short sticks can be used to jab at close range , longer sticks and chains become almost useless when there is no room to swing them in , or against a very close opponent . |
| 20 | Certain individuals and peoples become instruments of his justice and anger . |
| 21 | This occurred for a number of reasons : laparoscopy became a widely used diagnostic tool , with diagnosis no longer being restricted to patients with disease severe enough to warrant laparotomy , and gynaecologists became aware of the myriad visual appearances of endometriosis which represent evolution of the disease through visually distinct stages to the relatively inactive classic blue-black lesions . |
| 22 | In the 1970s and 1980s Milan had changed again , in an equally remarkable fashion , passing early into the age of electronics and computers to become the undoubted economic capital of Italy . |
| 23 | and shapes become provisional — drawn |
| 24 | The noises got nearer and shapes became clearer — horses pulling a long wagon train . |
| 25 | Not impossibly there was a resistance movement in the Fens , as later under William the Conqueror , and ecclesiastics became involved . |
| 26 | In effect I reckon it will only take a slight upward change of gear and performances to become something special . |
| 27 | A tendency for the two houses to act together in their political connections and allegiances became increasingly notable in the 1340s . |
| 28 | Cutting out surplus letters reduces the effort of reading and words become closer to compact ‘ pictures ’ , like Japanese and some Eastern alphabets which have been claimed to allow faster reading than English . |
| 29 | ‘ Invitations to their homes for formal and informal lunches , dinners and parties became notably scarce , ’ he says . |
| 30 | On 4 March ( Topham , Crawford , Stone , Huntingford , Vial ) further noblemen and gentlemen became subscribing members . |