Example sentences of "[noun pl] became the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The technique was further refined by Italian dancing masters employed by the french kings whose courts became the richest in Europe . |
| 2 | This time the H.Q. was in the old offices of Hiltons , in Ferry Road , and again true to tradition the Five Bells became the unofficial H.Q. |
| 3 | In this way local authorities became the only publicly elected bodies for the area having accumulated all the powers of ad hoc bodies . |
| 4 | Young people approaching the age when they would no longer be the formal responsibility of the local authorities became the primary consumers of residential care for several reasons : first , many had been placed with a family and temporary readmission to residential care was needed when such placements broke down ; second , some did not wish to join a new family and preferred group living amongst other young people and appointed caregivers ; and third , some were admitted to a residential setting for help with specific problems or as part of a strategy to prepare them for independent living . |
| 5 | Voluntary organisations in many cases became the effective agents of enforcement , as well as pressure groups constantly campaigning for further intervention , and here they became quasi-state apparatuses , a pattern which had a long history . |
| 6 | In presidential and legislative elections held in May 1989 [ see pp. 36651-52 ] Menem defeated Eduardo César Angeloz of the UCR , and the Peronists became the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies , although they still lacked an absolute majority . |
| 7 | The final straw came when two prospective clients became the latest victims of crime . |
| 8 | Removal of this national vulnerability and dependence on other nations became the prime aim , and so compelling an aim was it that it came to be achieved by fair means or foul . |
| 9 | It does seem however , from the evidence of the Australian National University concerning the Gogo lungfish , that a complicated scenario arose where other techniques of air-breathing occurred accidentally , and that air-sac creatures invaded freshwater habitats while the diaphragm-breathers became the first land inhabitants . |
| 10 | Similarly , the Hungarians became the principal external threat to the Christianized Germanic peoples of Europe in the late ninth and tenth centuries , particularly in conjunction with the Slavs ; and after the former 's defeat and settlement on the Middle Danube , it was a natural instinct of the Saxon rulers to draw them into the orbit of western Christian kingdoms . |
| 11 | SHOPS run by Asians became the latest firebomb targets yesterday as violence sparked by religious rioting spread . |
| 12 | Their defection reduced Likud 's representation to 35 seats in the 120-member Knesset , so that Labour with 39 seats became the largest party [ for 1988 election results see p. 36948 ] . |
| 13 | Thus Aintree 's recall man for the past seven years became the sacrificial offering so that the Jockey Club bigwigs could get on with more important business like tarting themselves up for Ascot and tea with the Royals . |
| 14 | Muslins and calicoes became the fashionable fabrics , and under the determined leadership of Sir Josiah Child profits went up sharply if not always regularly in the 1670s and 1680s , so that the price of shares rose ninefold between 1660 and 1685 . |
| 15 | The club had been the subject of sustained criticism since October 1988 , when Hibs became the first Scottish football team to be quoted on the Stock Exchange . |
| 16 | Two generals and 19 other officers became the first soldiers to be brought to trial in connection with the December 1989 coup attempt , when they appeared before a seven-member military court on May 8 on charges of mutiny and murder . |
| 17 | Piggy 's glasses became the only part of him that the boys were glad to have — as they lit the fire . |
| 18 | M. Berton made advantageous changes in the Opéra orchestra , which by his pains became the best in Europe : it was to him alone we owe that surprising precision , that taste , feeling , and fine and apt expression which characterize this orchestra . |
| 19 | These new streamlined creatures became the first fish and soon underwent a further important change when they began to develop a movable jaw , paving the way for the Devonian period — the ‘ Age of Fishes ’ . |
| 20 | Finally , and of some significance , not only did many of the personnel continue to serve in the state system on a voluntary basis after 1909 , no doubt bringing their ideas with them , but also the casework procedures became the basic methodological practice of the service . |
| 21 | One of our church members became the paid administrator for the centre in which now , two years after we used it first and one year after it opened to the public , there are dance classes ; keep fit ; carpet bowls ; drama ; OAP 's club ; card club ; ballroom dancing ; judo etc . |
| 22 | The French champions became the first club to hit six goals since the semi-final group system was introduced last season . |
| 23 | The below-strength Americans became the first defending champions to bow out of the cup 's first round in 10 years as Australia 's singles hero Mark Woodforde took his brilliant form into the doubles against Jim Grabb and Richey Reneberg . |
| 24 | In 386 , Priscillian and at least five of his disciples became the first heretics to be executed . |
| 25 | As a result , the Football League proposed a cut in wages and in October Coventry City players became the first to accept a reduction . |
| 26 | In England too , industrialization meant that peasants became the first working class and were alienated from the earth and its fruits . |
| 27 | Two WGEC pipefitting apprentices became the first apprentices to go offshore . |
| 28 | The touch of the hands became the slightest of caresses and then the hands recoiled . |
| 29 | Neighbourliness among the poor suffered greatly during the inter-war years , when unemployment rather than low wages became the chief cause of poverty . |
| 30 | Indeed , A. J. P. Taylor has argued that after 1918 " concern for the condition of the masses became the dominant theme of domestic politics " . |