Example sentences of "they [modal v] [adv] become [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nearly all constituency candidates figure on party lists , so that if rejected locally they may still become MdBs . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | There is an additional aspect that erm we we must look also , I think , at the viability of the services and facilities , er , within the new settlement , if the new settlement is , for the sake of argument five hundred houses then my submission is that that really offers no long term viability for any facility or service , erm , clearly you might get a primary school if the new settlement size was of the order of eight hundred to a thousand dwellings , but you would not get any sizable retail element , and so however far that settlement was located from the main centre they would still become dependant on that centre , and that 's why I think it 's important to recognize that if you are to achieve the erm if you like the balance of requirements , of achieving erm a reasonable degree of self containment within the new settlement , but also meet the needs of York , it has to be a reasonable size , but located as close to York as possible |
| 7 | The firm 's number of assignments has doubled since 1979 — from about 70 carried out by five consultants to around 150 handled by nine — and its annual fee income in London now exceeds £3m. profits are shared equally by the partners worldwide , and all new consultants are taken on with the view that they will ultimately become partners . |
| 8 | As soon as I start ‘ teaching ’ mathematical processes , there is a real danger that they will simply become products , words to be memorised . |
| 9 | ICBMs , nuclear submarines , tanks etc. , it is highly unlikely that they will ever become items of mass personal consumption as marketable commodities . |
| 10 | They can easily become workaholics , name droppers , gossips and braggarts . |
| 11 | They can even become elephants or whales . |