Example sentences of "may become [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The teacher occasionally provides a commentary which anticipates the kind of adventures in which the followers may become involved : ‘ Our standard has fallen into enemy hands but the one who guards it is now asleep . |
| 2 | Adults , especially when they become parents , seem to develop an increasing sense of responsibility concerning safety and may become involved politically over issues of personal , local or national safety , for example , safe road crossings outside schools , and local dumping of nuclear waste . |
| 3 | Other executives may become involved . |
| 4 | The company would also estimate the level and payment dates of revenue generated by the projects in which it is or may become involved . |
| 5 | Publishers ' casings are not designed for library use , and if subjected to a heavy rate of issues they may become damaged within a year or two of purchase . |
| 6 | Much bargaining is tacit and informal , but at times it may become formalized into tripartite arrangements involving government , unions and enterprise management ; a rare example in the British context was the drawing up of the 1974 ‘ Plan for Coal ’ ( Burgi 1985 ) . |
| 7 | As a result , various portions of one chain may become incorporated in more than one crystallite during growth , thereby imposing a strain on the polymer which retards the process of crystallite formation . |
| 8 | Some of these areas may become blurred , he feels : for example , one feature of complementary medicine that patients may prefer is simply the longer consultations that its practitioners tend to give . |
| 9 | When you are sleepy the muscles around your eyes relax and your vision may become blurred — remember what it is like sitting and listening to a boring speaker and how difficult it is to focus clearly upon him . |
| 10 | Within a few years , the distinction between CD-I and CD-A may become blurred to such an extent that purchasers will simply shop for CD players with the tacit understanding that they all offer both audio and multimedia facilities . |
| 11 | Groundwater may become contaminated without our knowledge . |
| 12 | Highly-perfumed products such as soap should not be next to foodstuffs which may become contaminated . |
| 13 | The original may become contaminated with a computer " virus " . |
| 14 | In other words , the initial credit inducement may become accepted as the norm , thus shunting all cash inflows forwards . |
| 15 | Some voiced sounds may become devoiced under the influence of surrounding voiceless sounds : the /L/ in play has very little voicing ; the /r/ in tray loses some voicing , making it slightly fricative ; the /v/ in fivepence will also be devoiced ( because of the /p/ ) and may even be assimilated to a voiceless /f/ : / " faifpens/ . |
| 16 | However , whilst noting that view , we are primarily concerned with the passage of legal problems through to lawyers and the reasons why that passage may become obstructed . |
| 17 | A second property of sediments which is of economic importance is the porosity , the spaces between the solids , which may become filled with water or other fluids such as oil and gas . |
| 18 | Braided river deposits showing high energy environment leading to bone breakage and many sand bars and gravel lenses where bones may become deposited . |
| 19 | Finally , the inevitable imbalance may become exacerbated by the bias of collectors . |
| 20 | There are cases , however , where the military has seen itself as a force for modernization , particularly in societies perceived to be ruled by traditional elites , and where the military may become imbued with the norms of Western processes of industrialization to the extent that it seeks to impose them on society . |
| 21 | Species that may become threatened with extinction are listed in Appendix II . |
| 22 | Entire communities may become possessed . |
| 23 | Of course , these strivings to realize organizational goals may become crystallized in standard operational procedures . |
| 24 | The danger is that the respondent may become irritated by rigid categories constraining freedom of reply . |
| 25 | Theoretically ( it would be argued ) these items may become detached from the flea and be lost in the collections . |
| 26 | Moreover , the back limbs of such folds may become detached along major thrust faults to produce nappes . |
| 27 | In the first , there are protein molecules in the cell which bind specifically to X. Consequently , when an X molecule passes randomly into a cell , it may become bound to a protein , which is far too large to pass through the membrane . |
| 28 | It is not hard to see how they may become bound up in the sexuality of the growing child . |
| 29 | When we are defined early on in our lives as bad and worthless we may become addicted to guilt . |
| 30 | Some therapists express concern that a child may become addicted to earning stickers and that it may be difficult to wean them off charts . |