What's the difference between became and become?

Became


Definition:

  • () imp. of Become.
  • (imp.) of Become

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A slight varus angle of 2.1 degrees became apparent.
  • (2) The fraction of the viral dose which became cell associated was independent of the incubation temperature and increased with increasing target membrane concentration.
  • (3) Snooker, which became and remains a fixture in the BBC2 schedules, was chosen for showing because it is the sport in which different shades are most significant.
  • (4) But when they decided to get married, "finding the clothes became my project," says Melanie.
  • (5) It arguably became too comfortable for Rodgers' team, with complacency and slack defending proving a dangerous brew.
  • (6) On 9 January 2002, a few hours after Blair became the first western leader to visit Afghanistan's new post-Taliban leader, Hamid Karzai, an aircraft carrying the first group of MI5 interrogators touched down at Bagram airfield, 32 miles north of Kabul.
  • (7) In the process, HDL3 became larger and eluted in a position identical to that of HDL2.
  • (8) Brilliant, old-fashioned speech, from the days before teleprompters became all-dominant.
  • (9) It is 30 years since Paul Canoville became the first black footballer to play for Chelsea.
  • (10) At 100 microM-ACh the apparent open time became shorter probably due to channel blockade by ACh molecules.
  • (11) It became just like a soap opera: "When Brookside started it was about Scousers living next to each other and in five years' time there were bombs going off and three people buried under the patio."
  • (12) This suggested that some of the cell population became metabolically inactive at a very early stage, possibly owing to suboptimal conditions of growth.Glycine, lysozyme and lithium chloride initiated lysis of BCG growth in the aforementioned media 24-48 hours after inoculation.
  • (13) The EEG became isoelectric within 20 s after induction of ischaemia.
  • (14) None of the animals injected with either CD4+ or CD8+ T cells became overtly diabetic during the 30 days of observation whereas 8 of 23 mice inoculated with a mixture of the two subsets developed glycosuria and hyperglycemia.
  • (15) In cases without septic complications the level returned to normal within seven days, while the sedimentation rate only became normal after three months.
  • (16) Their adaptive problems became worse while growing older until the age of 20.
  • (17) It became fully operational in 1975, replacing its predecessor the rubber bullet.
  • (18) One patient had amelioration of his symptoms, 5 experienced no change and in 5 their symptoms became worse.
  • (19) The proteins that were increased or decreased in rate of synthesis as B103 cells became confluent were in general not the same proteins that were increased or decreased in rate of synthesis as B9 cells reached confluence, indicating that most of the changes do not reflect growth control responses common to all cells.
  • (20) During retinoic acid induced differentiation the level of A-chain mRNA became markedly reduced.

Become


Definition:

  • (p. p.) of Become
  • (v. i.) To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional matter, or a new character.
  • (v. i.) To come; to get.
  • (v. t.) To suit or be suitable to; to be congruous with; to befit; to accord with, in character or circumstances; to be worthy of, or proper for; to cause to appear well; -- said of persons and things.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) What's to become of Tibetan stability and cohesion then is anyone's guess.
  • (2) Stimulation is also observed with mixtures of APC expressing DPw3 and APC expressing A1, and likewise, DPw3+ APC become stimulatory when preincubated with supernatants from A1-positive cells.
  • (3) With aging, the blood vessel wall becomes hyperreactive--presumably because of an augmented vasoconstrictor and a reduced vasodilator responsiveness.
  • (4) In a climate in which medical staffs are being sued as a result of their decisions in peer review activities, hospitals' administrative and medical staffs are becoming more cautious in their approach to medical staff privileging.
  • (5) Peripheral vascular surgery has become an increasingly common mode of treatment in non-university, community hospitals in Sweden during the last decade.
  • (6) Since 1987, it has become possible to obtain immature ova from the living animal and to let them mature, fertilize and develop into embryos capable of transplantation outside the body.
  • (7) Community owned and run local businesses are becoming increasingly common.
  • (8) When TSLP was pretreated with TF5 in vitro, the most restorative effects on the decreased MLR were found in hyperplastic stage and the effects were becoming less with the advance of tumor developments.
  • (9) In platform shoes to emulate Johnson's height, and with the aid of prosthetic earlobes, Cranston becomes the 36th president: he bullies and cajoles, flatters and snarls and barks, tells dirty jokes or glows with idealism as required, and delivers the famous "Johnson treatment" to everyone from Martin Luther King to the racist Alabama governor George Wallace.
  • (10) But becoming that person in a traditional society can be nothing short of social suicide.
  • (11) But the wounding charge in 2010 has become Brown's creation of a structural hole in the budget, more serious than the cyclical hit which the recession made in tax receipts, at least 4% of GDP.
  • (12) A tiny studio flat that has become a symbol of London's soaring property prices is to be investigated by planning, environmental health and fire safety authorities after the Guardian revealed details of its shoebox-like proportions.
  • (13) As the requirements to store and display these images increase, the following questions become important: (a) What methods can be used to ensure that information given to the physician represents the originally acquired data?
  • (14) When irradiated circular DNA, previously nicked by T4 endonuclease V, is briefly exposed to elevated temperature, the DAN becomes susceptible to the action of exonuclease V, and pyrimidine dimers are selectively released.
  • (15) They also note surveys that show British voters becoming more Eurosceptic, not less.
  • (16) The results indicated that roughly 25% of patients treated in this way will become hypothyroid after 5 years and that 85% are cured (need no further therapy during the follow-up period) using a single dose of iodine-131.
  • (17) To become president of Afghanistan , Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai changed his wardrobe and modified his name, gave up coffee, embraced a man he once denounced as a “known killer” and even toyed with anger management classes to tame a notorious temper.
  • (18) Solely infectious waste become removed hospital-intern and -extern on conditions of hygienic prevention, namely through secure packing during the transport, combustion or desinfection.
  • (19) It was concluded that the detachment of the oxaloyl residue from oxaloacetate and its replacement by a proton proceed with inversion of configuration at the methylene group which becomes methyl during the hydrolysis.
  • (20) After early repair of congenital cardiovascular defects, such as coarctation of the aorta, late stenosis may become a problem.

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