Example sentences of "become [adj] if it [is] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The report — which has taken more than a year to prepare in one of the most complex inquiries undertaken by Sir Anthony 's office — will address the question of when the department first became negligent if it is shown to have been aware of the possible difficulties .
2 Does a reward become devalued if it is given routinely ?
3 It can also become pitted if it is left soaking overnight .
4 This becomes clearer if it is considered from the more general perspective of post-modernism which has been widely characterized as involving a return of history , albeit as a category of representation .
5 This algorithm , if it deserves the title , becomes valuable if it is used together with one simple assumption : We assume that in almost identical circumstances , almost the same will happen again .
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