Example sentences of "on become [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I say the competition then , later on became financial . |
| 2 | The star goes on becoming smaller and smaller , denser and denser , until its gravitational pull has become so enormous that not even light can escape from it . |
| 3 | He went on to become famous in the Cheltenham and Gloucester area , where he built many churches and railway stations , as well as Witley Court in Worcestershire , for the Earl of Dudley , and Cirencester Agricultural College . |
| 4 | Babies that sleep little and cry frequently often go on to become hyperkinetic . |
| 5 | In 1978 , Mr Chance became liaison officer of a team for the mentally handicapped at North Tees Hospital , going on to become mental health officer to Cleveland county up till his retirement eight years ago . |
| 6 | He started as financial controller and then moved on to become executive assistant manager . |
| 7 | Many secretaries go on to become assistant PR executives . |
| 8 | From 1980 onwards I went on to become involved in the Black Workers ' Group , unions — NALGO and ACTTS — and more recently , the Lesbian and Gay Workers ' Group in our workplace . |
| 9 | The sloppiness of such thinking-by-pun affected many of the leading molecular biologists and immunologists of the period ( two who were swept up in this early enthusiasm but stayed on to become wiser neurobiological theorists were Gerald Edelman and Francis Crick ) . |
| 10 | Carey had , from the beginning , planned for the work to be extended through native evangelists and Krishna went on to become one of the best ambassadors for Christ to his own people . |
| 11 | He can go on to become one of the true greats . ’ |
| 12 | He read English at Cambridge — ‘ actually I spent most of the time reading opera ’ and went on to become one of the first crop of the Arts Council 's pioneering Arts Administration course , which was ‘ a bit Heath Robinsonish then , but still a wonderful grounding ’ . |
| 13 | The result was that Sean was replaced in her role as Tess Trueheart by the unknown actress Glenne Headly — and Dick Tracy went on to become one of the biggest hits of last year . |
| 14 | Ian was quick to shake off the dust , however , and went on to become one of Glasgow 's heroes . |
| 15 | Lorcan Wyer who has since gone on to become one of the most stylish jockeys in England was associated with most of the Scott winners in those days . |
| 16 | The competition was started five years ago by Shildon Town Council , supported by Durham County Council and Northern Arts , to honour the memory of Sid Chaplin , the pitman who went on to become one of the North-East 's most respected authors and playwrights . |
| 17 | The competition was started five years ago by Shildon Town Council , supported by Durham County Council and Northern Arts , to honour the memory of Sid Chaplin , the pitman who went on to become one of the North-East 's most respected authors and playwrights . |
| 18 | The Burgess Shales , as they have become known , is proof to Gould that chance is more important than natural selection , since they all died off without issue whereas some minor offshoots of the extinct phenotypes , like the Crustaceans , went on to become important stepping-stones on the evolutionary ladder from which mammals finally emerged . |
| 19 | He became Channel 4 's first Commissioning Editor for Sport when the channel opened in November 1982 and went on to become Senior Commissioning Editor with responsibility for a wide range of programmes including documentaries and children 's . |
| 20 | He was badly beaten up by late substitute Carl Thompson , who scaled 13st 3lb — around 17lb more than Benn will weigh tonight — and went on to become British cruiserweight champion . |
| 21 | He went on to become leading trainer in Madras for eighteen years and is set to retire to his property in Cheshire , which is fenced by the running rail from Castle Irwell , Manchester 's racecourse . |
| 22 | It was probably a combination of the moonlight and the girl but what-ever it was , the man who went on to become world-famous singing star Frankie Vaughan says she stole his heart the instant he saw her . |