Example sentences of "had become one of [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the late 1230s he had become one of a small group of professional lawyers practising in the Common Bench in Westminster . |
| 2 | From being the palest child in her school , Martha found that she had become one of the darkest . |
| 3 | By this time it had become one of the principal Manchester manufacturers of engines and boilers , with a considerable export trade to Russia and India ; up to 1866 it had built over 1,800 boilers and about 200 engines since starting in business in 1835 . |
| 4 | By the middle of the thirteenth-century Milan 's ruling commune had lost its power , and the city had become one of the first to fall to the signori , the city lords . |
| 5 | By the early 1950s , the Essex Federation had become one of the strongest in the District , in terms of the enthusiasm and sense of purpose of its Executive Committee , composed of members elected from constituent branches at the annual general meetings . |
| 6 | By 1951 he had become one of the strongest champions of the special relationship in the cabinet — despite continuing differences on many economic issues . |
| 7 | Although he was still sufficiently trusted to be appointed as one of the young Edward 's guardians when the prince was sent abroad to do homage for his father 's French lands in September 1325 , a year later he had become one of the leading backers of Queen Isabella in her invasion of England . |
| 8 | Soon it had become one of the main topics of conversation . |