1.   But the main reason for my silence was that secrecy and Deception had by then become second nature to me.

2.   I became angrier by the minute, but I could not convey to them why I was so upset.

3.   It will by now have become apparent that Brooke-Rose shifts her attention increasingly toward language over the course of her oeuvre.

4.   The process by which one became a trader had become rigidly systematized.

5.   The calculations therefore give a very conservative view of how large the markets to be shared by different multimedia platforms could become by the turn of the century.

6.   Two large stainless steel cylinders, the latest in high pressure dyeing technology, have been installed and are expected to become operational by mid November.

7.   If we turn to the processes by which flows become turbulent, rather than their structure when fully turbulent, more positive statements can be made.

8.   This is the means by which LCH becomes the exclusive counterparty to both seller and buyer in respect of a contract made between them on the market.

9.   Among his areas of research, Neu studied the mechanisms by which bacteria become resistant to certain antibiotics.

10.   And when she became pregnant by a lover, the lawyer said, she turned to Simpson rather than her family for succor and eventually had an abortion.