Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] when it become " in BNC.
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| 1 | And a firm run by Ralph Willie Raynes , which used to supply most of our goods , would allow extended credit when it became necessary . |
| 2 | Traditionally the practice has been to abandon old pits when it became uneconomic to go deeper , but to return to them when the price for clay improved or when a technical innovation made extraction cheaper . |
| 3 | The Abbey National gave itsmembers a bonus in the form of 100 free shares when it became a public limited company in July . |
| 4 | This information should be passed regularly to Careers Teachers and Officers for guidance purposes , and can be the basis for counselling by appropriate teachers when it becomes apparent that some students will be at risk of failing the goals . |
| 5 | It was immediately adjourned by the ruling Democratic Liberal Party when it became clear that the opposition parties were continuing their boycott of the legislature . |
| 6 | Certain it is , in stormy weather , from any point of the compass you will have a blow on Stormy Hill , and it does further seem as if it were tenanted by those who in the voyage of life have weathered storms quite as real , — long sickness , pinching poverty , and mayhap , in some cases , that very terrible malady when it becomes chronic , a disinclination to regular work ; and their present lot is one of storms , — few comforts and short allowance even of the needs of life within doors , and the wintry blasts without ; and failing health and increasing age give small prospect of much more of the sunshine or fewer of the blasts on this side of the dark River Jordan . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The classic story is that of the blues singer Ma Rainey , contracted to a company which did not have electrical recording when it became publicized in 1926 . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | This is crucial to my theme because the concept of the unity of mankind could only become a fully meaningful idea when it became plausible to suppose that there was no hitherto undiscovered , unmapped , corner of the world where man-like but sub-human creatures might still survive . |
| 11 | In most cases when it really matters , the glider will already be on the final approach with full airbrake when it becomes apparent that an overshoot is likely . |
| 12 | A snow plough costing £170,000 made a disastrous debut when it became stuck in fivefoot drifts in Teesdale on Thursday . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Conrad argued that his pledge had applied only to the Senate seat to which he had originally been elected and , therefore , he was free to contest his state 's other seat in the upper chamber when it became vacant due to Burdick 's death . |
| 15 | The durations prescribed by the Royal College when it became responsible for the curriculum and examination have steadily increased . |
| 16 | This was because I thought that the universe had to return to a smooth and ordered state when it became small again . |