Example sentences of "become [adj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The discrepancy between job-specification and status became acute for some coordinators , and remained a problem in some schools , not just for coordinators but also for many other staff with significant cross-school managerial responsibilities . |
| 2 | With good reason , the memory of the 1975–6 war became painful for many Palestinians . |
| 3 | On odd occasions when there was a very strong wind or interference from farm machinery the long-spade became impracticable for listening purposes . |
| 4 | Both people entering unemployment as a result of losing a temporary job and people taking temporary jobs as a way out of unemployment seemed more likely to have taken a number of jobs , to have experienced a number of spells of unemployment , to have had less time in work and more time in unemployment than people becoming unemployed for other reasons , or managing to obtain a permanent job on leaving unemployment . |
| 5 | In 1974 , for example , we learned that ‘ For the first time in a century and a half , since the great Tory reformer Robert Peel set up the Metropolitan police areas of our cities are becoming unsafe for peaceful citizens by night , and some even by day ’ — from no less an authority than that great Tory reformer Sir Keith Joseph . |
| 6 | Increases in the costs of transport , housing and health charges and other costs for food , heating and clothing , are becoming unbearable for retired people in my part of the world . |
| 7 | On the Government 's own figures , 37% of households — between 12m and 14m adults — will potentially be affected by the proposals , either becoming ineligible for legal aid altogether , or being eligible only on payment of a contribution they are unlikely to be able to afford . |
| 8 | Foreign Affairs Minister Pascoal Mocumbi said in Maputo on Jan. 2 , 1990 , that the time was becoming ripe for direct talks between the two sides and praised the efforts of the mediators . |
| 9 | It thus became impossible for any king in future to prolong indefinitely the life of a complaisant House of Commons , as Charles II had done with the ‘ Cavalier Parliament ’ of 1661–79 . |
| 10 | It tinkled furiously , as it always did when he became agitated for any reason . |
| 11 | Now weaning , toilet-training and the instilling of a capacity for self-discipline and instinctual renunciation became crucial for economic survival . |
| 12 | Two years later Harris and his wife Mary became residents of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons in Croydon ; he had been an active Freemason since 1818 , and in 1849 had published a set of designs for lodge tracing boards , which became standard for many years . |
| 13 | The next four cars were more conventional , seating 76 having bogies , and a top-cover which later became standard for double-deck cars . |
| 14 | The slums built during the Industrial Revolution soon became unfit for human habitation . |
| 15 | The result was that the union became subordinated for some time to the hierarchy and a breakaway union of protestant teachers was formed . |
| 16 | It should be noted that , while maiming or wounding are not justifiable for simple recaption of property , yet they may well become justifiable for another reason — self-defence . |
| 17 | The thing to remember about these batteries is that they should be stored in a way which prevents the accidental short-circuiting of their contact terminals : if they are shorted , the battery quickly overheats and will become unfit for further use . |
| 18 | Under the council tax , that hierarchy will be extended to two tenants , who , if they are at the same level in that hierarchy , could become responsible for each other 's council tax jointly and severally . |
| 19 | Auditors are not directly concerned with the solution of problems ; if they were ; they would become responsible for those solutions and thereby lose their objectivity and status to provide an independent examination and appraisal of a service . |
| 20 | There is no good evidence for the widespread and effective use of any methods of family planning outside a few élite or urban groups until the end of the eighteenth century ( Wilson 1984 , Livi-Bacci 1986 ) , and even then appliance methods do not become important for another century . |
| 21 | The benefits of using a computer should become apparent for complex protocols . |
| 22 | Mr Sunman says : ‘ The true beauty of the Railside Revival wo n't become apparent for many years yet . |
| 23 | It may be that the injuries are such that their full effects will not become apparent for some time and a hasty settlement might lead to an underestimation of the damage , but generally delay is on the side of the defendant . |
| 24 | With the anticipated departure of the British Library from the British Museum in 1996 , space will become available for new museum galleries . |
| 25 | I believe there is speculative developments appreciate that it is not likely to be developed for B one , it will become available for other uses . |
| 26 | The problem is that , for example , the nitrogen in blood can become available to plants in days and continue for a week or two , whereas the phosphate in bone can not possibly become available for several months . |
| 27 | Children will become eligible for legal aid in their own right in April under changes announced last month by Lord Mackay , the Lord Chancellor . |
| 28 | When will I become eligible for further training ? |
| 29 | As a result , it may become necessary for these countries to discipline their own working classes as low economic growth generates domestic unrest . |
| 30 | This year 's accounts have been prepared in accordance with FRS 3 , a new accounting standard which will shortly become mandatory for all UK companies . |