Example sentences of "[indef pn] becomes a [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | One becomes a member of a caste by being born into one of its lineages which are always transmitted from male to male . |
| 2 | ’ . Again Douglas ( 1966 : 138 ) has suggested there is a liaison which exists between the physical body and its use as an expression of the social , so that one becomes a paradigm for the other : ‘ the [ human ] body is a model which can stand for any bounded system … |
| 3 | That shows an elementary fact of political science : that when one becomes a Minister one does the opposite of what one previously promised . |
| 4 | ‘ This is largely because success for one becomes a bench mark for the other . ’ |
| 5 | Once one has satisfied the needs for , say , food , drink , safety and social relationships , one becomes a target for goods which are status-enhancing . |
| 6 | And what 's the Ghost Train but a model railway set of which one becomes a passenger ? |
| 7 | If , however , we see sexuality simply as one human attribute among others , sexual preference for one 's own sex or the opposite one becomes a matter of inclination . |
| 8 | This is not the spirit in which one becomes a woman . ’ |
| 9 | He therefore confuses one common consequence of consent , i.e. that by consenting one becomes a participant in a joint enterprise , with its essence . |
| 10 | At the moment I can only take the family thing so far : I can talk about certain things , but then everything becomes a blank because I still feel too close to it all . |
| 11 | Giorgio Armani wears navy , beige and more navy — punctuated with the occasional white T-shirt — and he has built an empire on the principle that nothing becomes a woman so much as every shade of sludge on the mud flats . |