Example sentences of "had become a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It had become a familiar sound over the last couple of days .
2 On Page One , at the top of the TV news , the fight for the Democratic Party 's nomination for the Presidency of the United States had become a media-induced fight between two minorities : Jews and Blacks .
3 Television had become a central issue of public and political debate .
4 Furthermore , dependence upon the payroll system had become a critical limitation to the development of personnel information for which there was an increasing management requirement .
5 Walsh did not rule out the possibility of criminal charges against former members of Reagan 's Cabinet , however , and there were strong suggestions that former Attorney General Edwin Meese had become a key target of the investigation .
6 Money , said Constance , no longer had any relevance to the value of half a dozen eggs or a side of mutton , but had become a separate commodity for rich men to play with .
7 The Moynihans accepted that sailors had become a regular part of Minton 's entourage .
8 This spider 's web ( in a Welsh drystone wall ) had become a watertight hammock after a heavy shower of rain .
9 Take-off time arrived and the oil temperatures were still somewhat below the criteria , but I opened the throttles and very shortly the tail was up and I was heading down the short runway into a brisk headwind , pointing straight for the little pub outside the camp that had become a second home for us .
10 Anna Atkins had become a close friend of Sir John Herschel [ q.v. ] , another photographic pioneer , and his daughters .
11 Verderers might also be removed from office on a report by the Justice of the Forest to the Chancery that they were incapacitated by old age or sickness , or occupied with other duties , or were insufficiently qualified in that they held no land within the forest and did not dwell there , or had committed or connived at trespasses of vert or venison , or had become a paid officer of the forest , or , in one case , had ‘ entered the priestly order ’ .
12 While business studies had become a major component of CNAA-validated undergraduate courses , the DMS was the stepping stone into concern for part-time continuing education in the management field .
13 Television , which had become a major force in American political life , was essential to Reagan 's success in obtaining the Republican nomination in 1980 .
14 For her sake , Harry had abandoned his political ambitions , and had become a simple man of the church .
15 His tremor had worsened in the past weeks , a mild oscillation had become a violent jerk of the head .
16 A fleet of 50,000 tons at the time of Drake had become a grander fleet of 200,000 tons a century later when Samuel Pepys was " clerk of the king 's ships " .
17 Soon it had become a continuous deluge as if countless buckets of black ink were being emptied from the sky above them .
18 By 1981 , with the expanded production of North Sea oil and gas , the UK had become a net exporter of fuel again .
19 By 1093 , when the events I am about to describe took place , she was of marriageable age , about thirteen , and the question of her marriage had become a political issue of some importance .
20 He had become a political exile in France in October 1990 , and had made public statements to the effect that he would not return to Albania until democracy had been restored there [ see p. 37792 ] .
21 Though resisters were often called " Gaullists " by Vichy officials or Germans , this was largely because " Gaullist " , like " communist " , had become a broad term of abuse .
22 When they 'd moved in he 'd made a point of telling just about everybody where it was and how much it was costing — wincing a little at the same time , as if he were telling the story against himself and his own folly — but it had become a sterile kind of heaven , and he sat around in it like some forgotten angel .
23 Goremykin , the premier had become a mere figurehead in charge of no major department , and individual ministers reverted to reporting independently and in haphazard fashion to the Tsar .
24 He should be used to them by now because they had become a frequent occurrence during the past few months , particularly since Martin had been bringing Miss Crosbie to the house .
25 Nothing seemed to be happening , all his senses were apparently functioning normally , except … that the sweet in his mouth seemed permeated with the awful smell ; had become a slimy lump of filth .
26 Violence at and related to football matches had become a serious problem in the Netherlands in recent years .
27 The philosophies of Rousseau and of David Hartley , whose work had become a powerful influence on Coleridge , convinced them both that ‘ Vice is not natural to Man ’ , and that given strong reasons for being virtuous , ‘ Man would approach very near perfection ’ .
28 Ferruzzi Finanziaria had become a powerful force in chemicals as well as agribusiness through the acquisition of Montedison in 1987 .
29 The deconstruction of the pop sales process had become a breathy celebration of sales people .
30 His horse , formerly a destrier of statuesque proportions , had become a spindly nag beneath him , undernourished , and in need of corn .
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