Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] become [noun] " in BNC.

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1 On the other hand , if one of the parties is actuated merely by hatred or vindictive spite he may be liable and if the others are aware of this and lend him their assistance they too may thereby become participants in the wrong .
2 Second , in the same area , again there have been proposals for a cyclists ’ crossing of the traffic island to link Bristo Place to George Square , which should also become part of the scheme .
3 Local groups , joined in a network , together and with St William 's and its agents , should be not only validators of priorities ; they should also become centres of influence and information in local communities , in a stronger position than ever before to influence institutional government .
4 When they open an account they 'll receive a free account opening pack and , if they are over seven , they 'll also become members of the Barclays Supersavers Club and they 'll receive regular copies of the club magazine .
5 But the police are worried if it happens again and again , they 'll simply become jailers to offenders who think they 're getting off lightly .
6 Articles appeared in the press extolling the creativity of ‘ home-making ’ ; psychiatrists warned that children who grew up without their mother 's constant care and attention were seriously deprived and might well become delinquents .
7 Nearly all constituency candidates figure on party lists , so that if rejected locally they may still become MdBs .
8 We ca n't stop the change , I 'd rather become part of it .
9 Right , now , we could all become self sufficient , alright .
10 Built just 15 years ago , it 's feared these flats in Pinehurst West could soon become slums .
11 Long was now unwell and Austen Chamberlain could hardly become leader if Law had resigned over food taxes , so that there was no credible successor to Law .
12 Educational theory and methodology could also become part of this academic enrichment — as could such things as sociology and applied psychology .
13 Potentially , the heads of some federal ministries and departments could also become members , if nominated by the President and approved by the Supreme Soviet .
14 The societies that organized research and publication could also become arenas for political debate .
15 The bill , which makes it an offence to carry a knife and puts the onus on the carrier to prove he had good reason to carry the knife , will have its third reading on Friday and could now become law before summer after the Scottish Office accepted a Labour amendment that the act should come into force on the day it is passed rather than at the end of a two month period .
16 If liberty and equality were birth-rights , it remained only to establish fraternity. : for , fear having been cast out not by perfect love but by plenty , all men could now become brothers and women sisters .
17 Baby , if he keeps on grabbing his chances as a dad he could even become top of the pops .
18 The management and staff of LASMO Colombia were honoured by the visit , which reinforces the widely held belief within head office and in Bogota that Colombia could well become LASMO 's third core area in the near future . ’
19 After a visit to Iran in October Franc Horvat , the federal Secretary for Foreign Economic Relations , said that Iran could well become Yugoslavia 's most important trading partner among the developing countries .
20 They could either become clients of European nations , or resist them by adopting European ideas and methods ; in either case the cultural dominance of Europe was implied .
21 Diana could never become Queen unless Charles is King .
22 The author also hinted yesterday at fresh scandals to come which would damage Prince Charles ' reputation so badly that he could never become King .
23 What this adds up to , then , is the claim that if there existed an organism which either could not act or whose actions made no difference to its perceptions then not only would that organism not be cognisant , it could never become cognisant .
24 Step-family relationships cut across all generations and many adults who are step-parents may also become step-children as many of the older generation remarry .
25 It is clear from the Kanunname that the movement of scholars into other fields than the learned profession is envisaged : if a candidate for office in the learned profession , that is , a wishes to take up a military career instead , he is to be given a fief yielding 20,000 akce ; and Sahn muderrises and 300-akce kadis may hold the office of defterdar , and the first two may also become nisanci ; and 500-akce kadis may become .
26 The winner may now become Glover 's first runner in a Group race .
27 As far emerging technologies go , Rothstein says although the Open Software Foundation 's Distributed Computing Environment may well become part of a common distributed infrastructure , he claims it is still on a very low level as far as developers are concerned .
28 This , and similar organisations , may well become agents of environmental change in the not too distant future .
29 Such items would only become liabilities when contracts are placed for the goods to be provided or the work to be carried out .
30 The only opposition party in Bophuthatswana , the National Seoposongwe Party , announced that it would soon become part of the ANC .
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