Example sentences of "[adj] became [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So extensive became the control of the catholic sector , both primary and secondary , that priests had extensive powers of dismissal over the teachers until the end of the nineteenth century . |
| 2 | Mr Kinnock indicated yesterday that , even if Labour became the majority government , he would make a strong appeal for consensus inside and outside Parliament and move away from the ‘ confrontational ’ politics of the past 13 years . |
| 3 | Modernisation of the station took place , and the ‘ Master Cutler ’ , introduced in 1948 became a Pullman train in 1958 , but running via Retford to Kings Cross . |
| 4 | And after Jim 's death , to be destructive became an attitude , as opposed to what Jim did — playing out a mythic drama where he was really wrestling his own death . |
| 5 | Because it is not possible for more than four people to share a freehold , the owners of each of the six units formed themselves into a management company in order to buy the building ; each became a director of the company and was given a 999-year lease of his or her dwelling . |
| 6 | Vaizey began writing art criticism for the Financial Times in 1970 and was delighted with the rate of 5 guineas an article ; in 1974 she signed a contract with the Sunday Times to produce forty-six articles a year for £4,500 and in 1980 became a staff member with pay pegged to NUJ rates . |
| 7 | if that was a possibility or if that became a possibility mum only live round the corner . |
| 8 | He was educated at Chester Grammar School and in 1872 became a pupil of Joseph Armstrong , locomotive superintendent of the Great Western . |
| 9 | After the Second World War some became the sites of new industries located there specifically to draw on work-hungry women , but that respite lasted only two or three decades . |
| 10 | This became a powerhouse of academic propaganda in favour of self-determination for the peoples of eastern Europe . |
| 11 | In the mid 1920s a class was set up in London ; in 1934 this became a school at Penhill in Kent . |
| 12 | A bad mistake , as this became a standing joke for the rest of the week . |
| 13 | Direct responsibility for DMS policy in England and Wales was initially that of a panel ( a panel for Scotland remained separate for several years ) and this became a Board after the Committee for Arts and Social Studies was split in 1978 and a Committee for Business and Management Studies created — ; a decision which produced some controversy . |
| 14 | Samuel Whitbread had extracted a fine of £5 from a malefactor who had been brought up before him in his magistrate 's court ; this became a donation to the infirmary . |
| 15 | A small drapers , ‘ Palmers ’ , was next door but after a few years this became a Baby Wear shop . |
| 16 | Made public this became a display of petulance and obstinacy , from which Miller emerged the loser . |
| 17 | The Situationists were idealists in the sense that they perceived themselves apart from the spectacle , always managing to be ‘ other-than-spectacular ’ , as Levin puts it , so that this became a pre-condition of Situationist practice . |
| 18 | This became a record of termly discussion signed by both parties . |
| 19 | When the Empire collapsed this became a reproach , so that a deliberate policy designed to increase the prestige of France in the eyes of others was denounced as criminal extravagance . |
| 20 | In due course this became a grievance and from early days , no doubt , it could be commuted for payment in money . |
| 21 | This became a challenge for managers in the 1980s who had been recruited in the more consensual 1960s and 1970s , and it will remain a feature of the next decade . |
| 22 | This became a signal for revolutionary insurrection in Catalonia and Asturia by the C.N.T.-F.A.I . |
| 23 | Through this personal talk , the teacher avoids any competitive feeling that might occur if this became a group activity . |
| 24 | They persuaded their father to let them use it to eat their porridge and this became a habit with them . |
| 25 | For Wales , however , with its smaller local authorities , an ad hoc agency was to be created ( this became the Land Authority for Wales ) . |
| 26 | While the peace Ballot held the field among peace activists , Sheppard made no attempt to establish an organization , but in July 1935 the ‘ Sheppard peace Movement ’ was founded , and in May 1936 this became the peace pledge Union . |
| 27 | Because both test and control groups had been singled out for special attention a group pride had developed and this became the motivation for improved performance . |
| 28 | Stokely Carmichael of the SNCC , one of the emerging radical leaders , summarized these ideas in a single phrase : " What we want , " he said , is " black power " , and this became the slogan of the more militant black movements from 1966 . |
| 29 | This became the norm just before the Middle Ages . |
| 30 | This became the church of the Michna family whose palace was close by . |