Example sentences of "[noun sg] be to become the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , the regimes which continue to rule by repression because they generally lack any popular legitimacy are to become the jewels in the new Western security crown . |
| 2 | Drink , on-field violence , erratic behaviour , public notoriety , breaches of the peace , disputes with management , broken curfews , acrimonious transfers , divorce , headlines , bankruptcy and skirmishes with the law were to become the unofficial milestones which marked Scottish football 's ascent into the realm of creative corruption . |
| 3 | Surrey County Council is to become the first local authority to sign the Peatland Protection Charter , and to commit itself to the phasing out of the use of peat in the council 's public parks , gardens and other landscaping activities . |
| 4 | The ultimate aim is to become the most competent , competitive and innovative operator in our chosen markets and accreditation is an important milestone in this process . |
| 5 | Harriet 's first big move was to become the first girl to win the British Junior Championships . |
| 6 | A disused RAF station is to become the home of Britain 's newest Army Corps . |
| 7 | Such vacillating fortunes of harvest were to become the norm for Champagne and , perversely , prove to be one of the reasons why this region is able to produce a sparkling wine superior to any other . |
| 8 | These differences of interpretation were to become the basis for new divisions within the ruling Party majority . |
| 9 | A METAL tree bearing leaves of brass is to become the symbol of a £900,000 appeal towards a community centre dedicated to the memory of Eric Liddell , Scotland 's first athletics hero . |
| 10 | In the 1820s , the brothers William and Andrew Smith of Mauchline began making snuff boxes in a factory in the village and their firm was to become the best-known name in the trade . |
| 11 | As a small clandestine organization the Britons Publishing Society was to become the main ideological source of an underworld whose principal themes were later to influence the racial nationalist tradition from the IFL through to the National Front . |
| 12 | The possibility of commercial suicide aside , the single was to become the perfect deflecting plate for the new album . |
| 13 | In 1656 John Washington left Sulgrave and sailed for America where his descendant was to become the first President . |
| 14 | STANSTED Airport is to become the official point of entry into the UK for all future Bosnian mercy flights , the Home Office confirmed last night . |
| 15 | The trip was to become the epitome of the affair : misconceived , well-meaning , disastrous , courageous , deceptive and surreal . |
| 16 | A frieze in relief along all four sides of the building was to become the accepted vehicle for figure-sculpture in classical Ionic , but in a different position from either of these : above the architrave , either below the dentils or replacing them ( fig. 166 ) , corresponding to the metopes and triglyphs in Doric . |
| 17 | His next target is to become the first player to reach 2,000 points for the Welsh All Blacks . |