Example sentences of "it became the [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 It became the Great Depression as successive waves of bank failures rolled over America 's monetary system .
2 Before 1914 , it became the Irish TUC and Labour Party and was neutral to the Easter rising of 1916 .
3 Developed by Adobe Systems and launched onto an unsuspecting world in 1984 by Apple with its LaserWriter printer it became the underlying reason that desktop publishing succeeded .
4 Nevertheless , the Rokkaku cult spread from the USA and UK into Australia , Tasmania , New Zealand , Italy , Belgium and Germany , such that it became the ideal barrier-breaker that brought flyers together .
5 It became the common view that any British retailer attempting to expand abroad signalled a deterioration in its fortunes , with the consequent lack of interest from the City .
6 Suddenly , the cafe stopped being the place where I worked and once again it became the bizarre oasis that I 'd happened upon all those months earlier .
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