Example sentences of "[noun] be [verb] become the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If INCUBUS is going to become the biggest organization in Europe , you 're going to have to hit it twenty-five hours a day . |
| 2 | Mason 's work is bound to become the ultimate cribsheet for anyone trying to get one of those coveted places . |
| 3 | Miss Boothroyd is seeking to become the first woman speaker . |
| 4 | North American Texans and Vultee Valiants were remanufactured to become the three Japanese types employed in the raid . |
| 5 | Courtaulds Aerospace at Littleborough in the UK is hoping to become the first business in its industry to gain an award under the new Investors in People scheme which recognises training to national standards . |
| 6 | Yamaichi is expected to become the 20th market-maker this summer ; it has recruited two of S.G. Warburg 's best analysts . |
| 7 | If the plan proceeds , then Dangerfield is set to become the first significant tourist facility to commemorate the history of textile manufacturing in the Borders . |
| 8 | Now Raymond Campbell is set to become the latest arrival . |
| 9 | Island Graphics is set to become the first — and so far the only — application for Solaris-on-Intel , to be announced this week at PC Expo . |
| 10 | BULLIED Pacific No. 34027 TAW Valley is set to become the first steam locomotive to depart from London 's Waterloo with a passenger train in 25 years . |
| 11 | The mixture was moulded into shapes using a sugary bonding goo and , as 16th Century taste swung across to sweets , the mixture was reduced to become the modern blancmange . |
| 12 | The veteran Shankill councillor was set to become the first outgoing Lord Mayor in Belfast 's history not to be re-elected . |
| 13 | Griffin was fated to become the first ( and still the only ) bowler to achieve a hat-trick in a Lord 's Test and , in the same match , also to become the first man to be called for throwing in a Test in England . |
| 14 | The insecurity he feels , knowing that Banquo 's children are prophesied to become the lineal kings of Scotland , makes him plan to kill Banquo . |
| 15 | Even before the war the sumpah pemuda or ‘ Youth Oath ’ had been a pledge of Indonesian unity , and now the pemuda were poised to become the standard bearers of national revolution . |
| 16 | Who the hell is going to become the new secretary ? ’ |
| 17 | Glasgow is planning to become the first Scottish city to ban the consumption of alcohol in the street . |
| 18 | WATER shares last night soared to a premium of more than 20 per cent on the unofficial ‘ grey market ’ as it became clear that the privatisation is set to become the biggest investor give-away since the 1987 Stock Exchange crash . |
| 19 | WATER shares last night soared to a premium of more than 20 per cent on the unofficial ‘ grey market ’ as it became clear that the privatisation is set to become the biggest investor give-away since the 1987 Stock Exchange crash . |
| 20 | The linear Cubist grid was adapted to become the Futurist ‘ lines of force ’ by which the representational elements are traversed . |
| 21 | The process of de-industrialization in India under colonial rule began with the deliberate destruction of the cotton manufacturing industry and the opening up of Indian markets to British cotton manufacturers ; from a net exporter , India was reduced to a major importer of cotton manufactures , most of these from Britain , and indeed India was forced to become the single largest importer of British cotton manufactures , sometimes taking as much as 40 per cent of British exports . |
| 22 | LEICESTER City chairman Brian George yesterday dismissed growing speculation that former Darlington boss Brian Little was set to become the new mannager at Sunderland . |
| 23 | With a six-inch reach advantage and making better use this time of his wicked left jab , Eubank was hoping to become the first to stop Gimenez in 45 fights . |