Example sentences of "it became [art] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It became a private limited company , continuing as Stanley Gibbons Ltd. , and he remained chairman until his death . |
| 2 | Although the crossbow is known to have existed as early as the fourth century , its main use was as a hunting weapon and it was not until the latter part of the twelfth century that it became a major military weapon . |
| 3 | The chief designer objected strenuously until the move was found to be successful , when it became a long-cherished personal proposal previously vetoed by management . |
| 4 | The chief designer objected strenuously until the move was found to be successful , when it became a long-cherished personal proposal previously vetoed by management . |
| 5 | Almost every dairy farm in Ayrshire produced Dunlop cheese and it became a thriving small industry which was an important source of income for the county 's farmers throughout the many difficult times for agriculture in the late 18th and 19th centuries . |
| 6 | He shook it and in one second it became a shiny top hat . |
| 7 | The Abbey National gave itsmembers a bonus in the form of 100 free shares when it became a public limited company in July . |
| 8 | R. centifolia is also called the ‘ Painters ’ Rose' as it became a favourite still life subject with French and English painters . |
| 9 | it became an American native wigwam . |
| 10 | For many it became the supreme moral issue of their time . |
| 11 | It became the standard Soviet line that an arrangement on the Gulf could be discussed ‘ in connection with questions linked with Afghanistan ’ . |
| 12 | Over the years , it became the standard public order offence . |
| 13 | Before it became the populist anti-communist crusade of October 1947 or the parliamentary party of 1951 , the RPF was a brotherhood of ex-resisters and Free Frenchmen bound to one another and to de Gaulle by nostalgia . |
| 14 | The Luxemburg group was defeated and its claim to the official affiliation to the International rejected ; it became the Social Democratic Party of the Kingdom of Poland , as opposed to the majority , the Polish Socialist Party , PSP . |
| 15 | The poll tax was duly included in the 1987 Conservative election manifesto and after their election victory it became the dominant political issue . |