Example sentences of "become almost a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Being a replacement had become almost a way of life .
2 His voice had become almost a screech of anger and frustration .
3 There , in a wooded dell called Holford Glen , close to the village church , they found an almost inaccessible waterfall which interrupted the Holford brook on its journey to the sea , and which , for them as for Coleridge , quickly became almost a voice of nature , an abiding , animated presence at the heart of their Quantock lives .
4 Reasoning that the very nature of Doctor Who would mean scenes at the beginning and end of serials where only the regular cast were involved , this element became almost a prerequisite to production .
5 The early plywoods were glued with vegetable or blood glues and , having virtually no moisture resistance , the word became almost a term of abuse .
6 This means that her reproductive tract will contain a mixture of sperm from several sources and it becomes almost a matter of chance as to which particular male 's sperm fertilizes each of her shed eggs .
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