Example sentences of "[noun sg] to become [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier this year the UK 's largest pitched roofing manufacturer , Redland Roof Tiles Ltd , announced its intention to become a major supplier within the clay tile sector . |
| 2 | An Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman announced on Jan. 12 that the French government had declared its intention to become the first western government to reopen its embassy in Kabul . |
| 3 | Sometime about 1382 he wrote an epistle ( De Imagine Peccati ) to his friend Adam Horsley , a priest , who was an official of the Exchequer , encouraging him in his intention to become an enclosed religious . |
| 4 | National was set up in 1989 specifically to sell the capacity , and the change leaves National 's attempt to become a public telecommunications operator in doubt . |
| 5 | The bad weather has also forced Rebecca Stephens to delay her attempt to become the first British woman to climb Everest . |
| 6 | In the attempt to become an independent social science , sociology has left biology out of account by trying to purify the discipline and to concentrate on purely sociological variables . |
| 7 | Meanwhile from eastern Europe expect investment to become a two-way traffic . |
| 8 | This part is then laminated , with a photograph to become a multi-purpose ID card ( for use in the library ; presented when collecting LEA award cheques ; deposited against software loans at computer centre reception ; displayed on candidates ' desks during examinations , used to activate overnight access locks , etc . ) . |
| 9 | There is also the village of Ackworth , where Geoff Boycott took his first faltering steps at the crease to become the greatest cricketer that the world has ever seen and a great Yorkshireman . |
| 10 | But not necessarily in a negative way : he had used his blackness to become a better boxer . |
| 11 | In municipal elections in Passau ( Bavaria ) on Sept. 21 the extreme right Republicans Party doubled its vote , winning five seats and 11 per cent of the vote to become the third-largest party on the town council . |
| 12 | ‘ How can we motivate our neighbourhood to become a harmonious community where people care for each other and collaborate in answering their common needs ? ’ |
| 13 | They are badly needed : as Green has said , ‘ It would be easy for clinical research to become the first and indeed the greatest casualty of reductions in size in London . ’ |
| 14 | HCIMA and CGLi have entered into a partnership to become an awarding body offering NVQs for the hospitality and catering industry . |
| 15 | Former weaver Reay McKew ( right ) has successfully completed a two year apprenticeship to become a qualified ‘ Overlooker . ’ |
| 16 | DISGRACED Olympic sprinter Jason Livingstone has made a false start in his bid to become a professional footballer . |
| 17 | New NHS Trust application South Tees Community and Mental Health Care , which employs more than 1,500 people and has an annual budget of £33m. , this week launched its bid to become a self-governing trust . |
| 18 | South Tees Community and Mental Health Care launches its bid to become a third wave NHS trust next Tuesday . |
| 19 | Kirton regained fame when he gained a place on the All Black panel , after John Hart had virtually lost be default , for one year , but was removed the following year when Hart made a more orderly bid to become an All Black selector . |
| 20 | Although the Democrats increased their share of the vote , the party 's leader Janine Haines failed in her bid to become the first candidate from a minor party since 1966 to win a seat in the 148-seat House of Representatives . |
| 21 | McCarthy 's bid to become the Democratic nominee for president was getting up steam , and his following included the liberal Hollywood establishment , among them Paul Newman , Joanne Woodward , Robert Redford and Warren Beatty . |
| 22 | The territory 's ambition to become a major financial centre like Tokyo and Singapore , therefore , came to seem increasingly unrealistic . |
| 23 | Since then Gilford has nursed an ambition to become a major figure in the game and has proved one of the strong men on the PGA European tour . |
| 24 | Although he still has a long-term ambition to become a managing director of a successful company , for the moment his main aim is ‘ to help build Citigate into a top-quality player ’ . |
| 25 | Every penny she earns in various part-time jobs goes towards her ambition to become a professional showjumper . |
| 26 | We talk about the ups and downs of being thirty , about Denice 's ambition to become a successful actress , about books and birth signs . |
| 27 | He 'd reluctantly given up his ambition to become a pro footballer — ’ it did n't work out , basically , because of politics . |
| 28 | Their ambition to become the greatest busker of them all . |
| 29 | Wonderful Wang WORLD champion Wang Junxia fulfilled her ambition to become the first woman to run under 30 minutes for the 10,000 metres when she today slashed an astonishing 42 seconds off the world record . |
| 30 | Indonesia 's ambition to become the top paper-producing nation is leading to some of the earth 's finest forests being felled , according to a report from an international environmental group , Down to Earth . |