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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.

Were


Definition:

  • (v. t. & i.) To wear. See 3d Wear.
  • (n.) A weir. See Weir.
  • (v. t.) To guard; to protect.
  • () The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See Be.
  • (n.) A man.
  • (n.) A fine for slaying a man; the money value set upon a man's life; weregild.

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