Example sentences of "[adv] become [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The SEATO Pact effectively became moribund in the wake of the American military withdrawal from Indo-China in the mid 1970s , and was not reinvigorated . |
| 2 | Although he deliberately affected a republican stance , in 27 BC Octavian effectively became emperor of Rome , taking the name Augustus . |
| 3 | The bar was patented and Nelson duly became president of the Eskimo Pie Corporation . |
| 4 | Sanders had been a Whip and a specialist in franchise matters before the war , so his return to Westminster gave an added impetus to the party campaign against the Bill ; he became a sort of unofficial party Whip against a government that the party supported , cooperated closely with George Younger , by this time Party Chairman , and eventually became deputy chairman of the party himself in 1918 . |
| 5 | Was not ‘ cushion ’ the term which eventually became vogue for the extra help which was thrown over the poll tax time and again in a vain attempt to douse the flames of dissent . |
| 6 | Mr Shove joined the company in 1937 and eventually became chairman and managing director . |
| 7 | in the City of Nottingham and eventually became Chairman of the Licensing Bench . |
| 8 | When they eventually became man and wife , it was the ‘ quietest of quiet weddings ’ and they had to pay half-a-crown for two passers-by to act as witnesses . |
| 9 | They gave Jack the chance to practise some of the underhand humour that eventually became part of his mystique . |
| 10 | The couple , who live locally , acquired and restored the 20-seater coach as a family keepsake , it was actually 's father who founded the Guy Motor Company which eventually became part of Leyland . |
| 11 | Anselm , St ( 1033–1109 ) Born the son of a Lombard landowner , Anselm eventually became Archbishop of Canterbury in England . |
| 12 | An adoption bill eventually became law two years later , in 1952 , under the next administration . |
| 13 | In fact he was still working on a first version of the fourth act ( which eventually became Act III ) when he sailed for New York on 24 September . |
| 14 | Clause 52 of the Bill as introduced eventually became section 61 of the Act of 1976 and imposed a charge to tax on benefits in kind for higher paid employees , i.e. , those paid more than £5,000 per annum . |
| 15 | Clause 54 of the Bill eventually became section 63 of the Act of 1976 . |
| 16 | The other MP nominated to the Committee , who eventually became President of the Institute , was William Tite ( 1798–1873 ) . |
| 17 | Commissioned as an administrative officer , he eventually became adjutant to the commander of the tactical air force , based at Larisa in central Greece , and made a point of being around whenever any representatives of civil suppliers appeared at headquarters to make presentations . |
| 18 | Two of the boys from amongst these pioneers went on to study Mathematics at Cambridge , with great success , to Daniels ' pride : J. G. Adshead of Caius College , who eventually became Professor of Mathematics at Dalhousie University , Nova Scotia , and W. L. Edge of Trinity College , who held a similar post in the University of Edinburgh . |
| 19 | It could have been written by its bearer , given by Florence as Abbot Lyfing of Tavistock , who eventually became bishop of Worcester , for this would further explain how Florence had a copy . |
| 20 | Refusal in payment , forgery or any other misuse thereby became treason or sacrilege and attracted savage penalties . |
| 21 | Even so , some residents had started to venture out to local pubs and shops and were slowly becoming part of the community . |
| 22 | Post-war Bob went on to fly Vampires in the Middle East , eventually becoming CO of a Royal Indian Air Force squadron . |
| 23 | In 1938 he began working as a graphic artist in New York , eventually becoming art director for Brodovitch at Saks Fifth Avenue . |
| 24 | In 1938 he began working as a graphic artist in New York , eventually becoming art director for Brodovitch at Saks Fifth Avenue . |
| 25 | Notably , it proposed that a " clear organic relationship " be established between the Western European Union ( WEU ) and the new political union , with the WEU eventually becoming part of the political union and developing " a common security policy on its behalf " , which would not , however , interfere with existing defence arrangements . |
| 26 | In 1981 , the same year as retired from working life , he was elected to Metropolitan County Council , eventually becoming Chair of the prestigious Personnel Committee . |
| 27 | Etheridge jun. resigned in 1878 , eventually becoming Director of the Australian Museum . |
| 28 | He retired in 1982 in some frustration with the civil service before eventually becoming director-general of the Institute of Directors . |
| 29 | With her thoughts going dreamily round and round , it was about seven-thirty that , as she was again thinking of how he had that morning cradled her so gently when he 'd seen her hurt , Leith suddenly became horror-struck . |
| 30 | Politically its another matter of course … pretty much the same as if Wales suddenly became independant — politically it would nt be UK , but I do nt think they would suddenly lose that British sense of humour . |