Example sentences of "[coord] become " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even their kisses might give him a disease from which he would die or become horribly spotty . |
| 2 | We girls were all preparing to nurse or become deaconesses in order to help with the pastoral life of the Church . |
| 3 | Its heart beat may speed up or become weak , its breathing heavy and laboured , and it may eventually go into convulsions or start bleeding . |
| 4 | One who inherits a title whilst a Member of the House of Commons or a candidate for a seat in it can remain or become a Member for only one month before disclaiming . |
| 5 | The ingredients of some pesticides have been found not to be injurious to fish , but when an otter consumes a large amount of fish which have absorbed those chemicals , then the otter can become affected and may die or become sterile . |
| 6 | My peers are more tolerant , more willing to accept me for what I am rather than for what I might produce or become in the hierarchy . |
| 7 | By marginal he means that he does n't know whether it will clear up or become irretrievably hopeless . |
| 8 | This can be useful in unnerving the attacker and in avoiding the common tendency to freeze or become immobile in the face of attack . |
| 9 | It was better to let it rot out on the field then go to the trouble to carry it wet because it would only rot or become mouldy and absolutely useless . |
| 10 | A.3.1 The Vendor will forthwith notify in writing to the Purchaser any matter or thing which may arise or become known to any of them after the date of this Agreement ( whether or not prior to Completion ) which is inconsistent with any of the Warranties or which is or may reasonably be anticipated to be material to be known by a Purchaser for value of the Business . |
| 11 | When a patient is detained under the MHA 1983 , but the physical disorder is not caused by or is not itself the cause of a mental disorder , a restrictive interpretation of this proposal could lead to the ridiculous scenario of doctors having to wait for such a patient to deteriorate or become unconscious before medical treatment could be initiated under the protection of common law duty of care and the doctrine of necessity . |
| 12 | The important thing is not to panic or become impatient because that way you could damage the document . |
| 13 | cost of training interviewers ; supervisors are needed to give assistance to interviewers and check against possible interviewer dishonesty ; travelling and subsistence must be paid even when the respondent proves to be unavailable or uncooperative interviewers may leave or become stale |
| 14 | This makes the sensation much worse and , believing the aircraft is still stalled in spite of their recovery action , they are liable to panic and become unable to think or act in time to avoid diving into the ground . |
| 15 | If the glider gets wet before taking off for a high climb , the airbrakes may freeze up and become unusable . |
| 16 | They broke away to work independently and become their own masters . |
| 17 | If they do , the next day Rover may believe the owners will come home and become aggressive without any reason . |
| 18 | In a lecture in 1983 he argued that a civil servant who could answer ‘ yes ’ to the question ‘ Is he one of us ? ’ should retire and become a party politician . |
| 19 | Better to surrender quietly to that hell of pain , to slide into it , to crumble and fold like burning straw , to merge and coalesce and become one with it , until , phoenix-like , she floated away on the other side , whole and free . |
| 20 | The woman , who has three children by him , is desperate to have her official designation changed from ‘ coloured ’ to white , so they can marry and become ‘ respectable ’ , and her struggle to live normally becomes impossible when the examining board refuses her request . |
| 21 | Cheese stored at room temperature will quickly begin to sweat and become very strong . |
| 22 | It may be that this will gradually work through and become apparent in the activists in about five years . |
| 23 | Who knows , even if they do catch me , Mr Crangle and I might get on and become good friends . ’ |
| 24 | He decided to return home and become the wealthy and considerate family man . |
| 25 | Such rejections could easily harden and become two-sided , obliterating family memory itself . |
| 26 | Alkali soluble soils : are organic soils normally found in heavy layers adhering to surfaces or which have been compacted or allowed to dry out and become hard . |
| 27 | It feeds the soul , so that we can grow spiritually and become more like Jesus Christ . |
| 28 | The fallopian tubes are exceedingly delicate organs lined by ciliated ( hairy ) epithelium , which can gently waft the ovum from the ovary to the uterus , where , if it has been fertilized , it will implant and become a developing foetus . |
| 29 | In a similar manner , if cells of the sponge ( the bath sponge is the skeleton laid down by the sponge ) are separated into a random mixture of individual cells they will actively move around and become reorganized into a normal sponge , with the cells in the correct relationship with one another . |
| 30 | ‘ In case you 've got to go and become a father again ! ’ |