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Example sentences of "[noun] when it become " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Neighbours also provided a missing ingredient in our diet of soaps when it became a five-times- a-week fixture back in 1988 .
2	The durations prescribed by the Royal College when it became responsible for the curriculum and examination have steadily increased .
3	Look at the person — maintain contact with the eyes for as long as is comfortable , look away to the mouth when it becomes uncomfortable , then return to the eyes .
4	A ban on strike action which was also proposed for the same period , with heavy fines for offenders , had been dropped by the parliamentary labour committee when it became clear that it would receive no support , but fines for unofficial strikes were increased .
5	THE South West Thames regional health authority requested the army be drafted in for ambulance work when it became clear the police could not cope , according to ambulance mangement .
6	The former holder of four world titles scored two knockdowns but there were boos in the late rounds when it became apparent that Duran , 41 , would n't win by a knockout .
7	Er you 've got eight words colours there , how many of those eight words actually make a change in their spelling when it becomes feminine ?
8	Belle Vue Cottage is very conveniently situated for all these amenities and a distinct frisson of excitement ran through the community when it became known that Hannah Hauxwell was the new owner .
9	Seems like Wilko is the bookies favourite for the England job when it becomes available .
10	Connor McCaffrey ( 18 ) was taking the lift to his room at Queen 's University halls of residence when it became stuck between the third and fourth floors .
11	Eleanor was nearly twice the age he felt he deserved , and it had been his ambition for a long time to have a girl just at the point when it became legal .
12	Gradually , all was revealed that is , people , including the authorities and the KGB , realized that the Odd-Bod Greek who had spent all those years collecting the ‘ rubbish ’ that no-one needed had in fact made a collection that was now worth a great deal of money , and it reached a point when it became awkward living in Moscow with the collection .
13	A self-consciously strict conventionalist judge would lose interest in legislation and precedent at just the point when it became clear that the explicit extension of these supposed conventions had run out .
14	As noted earlier in this chapter , and by many authors , including Kanter ( 1983 ) , an attempt to change basic ideologies/schemas of multiple parties is more likely to be successful in times of crisis when it becomes obvious that traditional modes of operation are no longer achieving success .
15	The case was brought by the RSPCA after claims that the animal was subjected to brutality when it became stuck on a five bar gate .
16	But Ukraine , though it renounced nuclear weapons when it became independent in 1991 , is now hesitating to ratify START 1 and the Lisbon protocol , and to accede as a non-nuclear state to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ( NPT ) .
17	At the other extreme , many historians believe that the Labour Party had simply inherited working-class support from the Liberals owing to the fact that trade unions had changed their allegiance when it became obvious that only an independent Labour Party would act in their interests .
18	The conduct of the trial itself had also been the subject of much speculation when it became evident that most of the prosecution witnesses were detainees .
19	Glamorgan 's reasoning was less clear and because the discarded man is , or was , a candidate for the England captaincy when it becomes vacant next winter , feelings inevitably ran higher .
20	Comdisco had been playing in a high stakes financial game known as risk arbitrage , hoping to get ahead of the rapid run-up in a company 's share price when it became the object of a takeover ( or the reversal of fortune that occurred when a takeover fell apart ) .
21	That 's why marriage , or even a relationship when it becomes heavy , is a bad idea .
22	Police sealed off the road to the cliff top when it became jammed with traffic and ordered a helicopter to circle the wreck to deter looters .
23	A straw poll covering 40 London restaurants and two large liquor-store chains unearthed only one outlet not intending to re-order Perrier when it becomes available again .
24	And a firm run by Ralph Willie Raynes , which used to supply most of our goods , would allow extended credit when it became necessary .
25	Erm , I 've been thinking that I ca n't chair this meeting and take the notes and things when it becomes , and if it , the fund comes through and it becomes the audio description project as opposed to this group , and you know we will be widening out a little bit , I wonder if we should actually have a chairman type person .
26	Much more remarkable , however , were Gracey 's comments when it became obvious that his earlier hopes — ‘ If only the French would promise progressive sovereignty … say two or three years and the Annamites would be equally ready to meet them … ’ ( an almost exact parallel , so he thought , with Burma ) — stood little chance of fulfilment .
27	Her companions alerted theatre staff when it became clear that she was having difficulty breathing .
28	Concern was also expressed in some quarters when it became known that Christopher Ball was to be appointed Chairman of the Board , on the grounds that as head of an Oxford College he would not appear to have the intimate knowledge of the further education system that such a post requires .
29	( The ‘ new evidence ’ was greeted with derision in some quarters when it became known that the L'Express story had originated over lunch with a senior official from the American Embassy in Paris .
30	Turning away , she bent to pick up her skis and sticks , then began walking away from him , only releasing a pent-up breath when it became clear he was n't going to follow her .