Example sentences of "became [adv] [verb] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The accent sounded mid-European and as Lee became more accustomed to the steam she made out the face of the owner of the voice . |
| 2 | Although many of the great scientists and philosophers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century were Christians , they became increasingly attached to the supremacy of reason . |
| 3 | As the reign progressed the Imperial family became increasingly attached to the palace of Saint Cloud . |
| 4 | Consumption in leisure and holidaying became increasingly linked to the capacity of the individual consumer to make choices within the market . |
| 5 | Inevitably the early history of anthropology became closely allied to the history of Darwinian evolutionary theory and many controversies which now seem obscure relate to the burning debates surrounding the concept of natural selection . |