Sentence examples for becomes if from inspiring English sources

Although the Globe has declared a willingness to change Shakespeare's words in the interests of modern comprehensibility, the shifts here are minor: "an" becomes "if", but "trow" is retained in place of its modern meaning of "know".

Roy becomes, if not their leader, then a scarred totem around which they congregate.

So, despite avowed principle, torture becomes, if not unavoidable, then at least tragically logical.

Maybe for us Westerners the Christmas tree becomes, if only briefly, like a beloved pet.

So the question becomes: if not self-management, then what else?

So the question becomes: if there have to be more savings, who pays?

"If you build it, he will come" from "Field of Dreams" becomes "If you build it, they will come".

The question has become, if you do.

I became, if you will, more religious.

Dead, he became, if anything, even more fascinating.

But they become, if anything, less distinctively individual.