Example sentences of "[vb base] become more [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The meso- and metathorax become more or less intimately associated to form a pterothorax and the union is often so close that the limits of those regions can only be ascertained with difficulty . |
| 2 | These pictures , rarely cordial , have become more and more baleful : it is as if he is holding himself back from physical assault on a reader supposed to be a trendy and a lefty , which is , indeed , what many of his readers have always been . |
| 3 | To be sure , parliament is not the only source of authority : elections have become more and more highly valued as its main source . |
| 4 | We have seen already how Local Authority power has changed in the last fifteen years , and how as a part of these changes , the Education Committees have become more and more political . |
| 5 | But more recently , as companies have become more and more concerned at the escalating costs of purchasing and maintaining increasingly advanced technological capabilities , fundamental questions are being asked as to how the use of IT gives a company strategic advantage — if it does [ Earl ( 1988 ) ; Bruce ( 1988 ) ] . |
| 6 | Most of what we know has been taught to us as children , and , as children , we have adopted ignorance and prejudices which have become more and more fixed as life goes on . |
| 7 | Inflatables have become more and more popular in recent years . |
| 8 | With the increase in word and text processing computer systems , programs which check and correct spelling have become more and more common ( see Peterson , 1980 for a review ) . |
| 9 | Since 1977 , when I first published what is still the only British book on the subject ( Modern First Editions : Their Value to Collectors ) , collectors have become more and more attracted to contemporary writers ; in this latest edition I list 281 twentieth century authors in whom there is currently the most interest , 115 of whom are alive and well and regularly producing new offerings which the hopelessly dedicated completists are obliged to add to their earlier rarities . |
| 10 | This project addresses the question of how far different areas of London and the South East have become more and more geographically differentiated in terms of both socio-economic status and housing tenure . |
| 11 | In an interview on Feb. 4 , the Prince said that the Khmers Rouges had finally accepted the change " because they are aware they have become more and more isolated and hated on the international level " . |