Example sentences of "not become a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 What would be more difficult would be for each group to resist both poles of power ( management and union ) and not become a caucus or adjunct of either .
2 Despite his flair and populism , he was a cautious man who took great comfort from the fact that his son had not become a footballer but was securely settled in the middle class as a solicitor .
3 This man had not become a Jew , probably because of his position within the Roman army .
4 But I had not become a member of the church .
5 In Hadejia Town in Jigawa State there were violent demonstrations by youths disappointed that Zamfara region had not become a state , and on Aug. 30 two people were killed in demonstrations in Gusau angered at the decision to create Kebbi State out of Sokoto State .
6 Those who knew of his predilections often wondered why he had not become a botanist , an entomologist , a biologist .
7 Another claim is that a certain State has not become a party to a treaty , and therefore can not share in the distribution of values projected by it .
8 The wind of God certainly blew on that man , Christian though he already was ; he has not become a paragon of virtue over night , but the manifest change in his disposition and attitudes can not be denied .
9 A police spokeswoman said an incident room had been set up at West Hendon police station but that the investigation had not become a murder inquiry .
10 Article Three , the treaty 's key article , stated that the " connection between the security of the two countries requires that Lebanon not become a source of threat to Syria 's security and vice versa under any circumstances … therefore , Lebanon will not allow itself to become a transit point or base for any force , state or organization that seeks to undermine its security or that of Syria " .
11 He certainly has not become an angel overnight , but his more extreme behaviour has been left behind and usually he can be relied upon to be helpful and co-operative .
12 ‘ I suppose tobacco dumping has not become an issue in the same way because adults have a choice , ’ she adds .
13 It 's odd that Sunday trading has not become an issue of even moderate heat in the book trade .
14 The matter has not become an issue until now but it has been the intention to involve FWAG in SAC work for the Central Scotland Countryside Trust that has brought this to a head .
15 Freud told the old Man that had he not become an analyst , he would have been an economist , which conjures up all sorts of hilarious possibilities .
16 She had n't become a whore because she wanted to ; it was because the money of perverted old men had offered her an easy way out of poverty — those same old men who would clamour for the investigation to be dropped .
17 If he had n't become a personnel officer he would have done rather well in the police .
18 But she thanked the Lord that Reverend Morey had n't become a Governor sooner , for then everyone would have known about Angel , and James 's plump and prissy wife might have discovered her husband had fathered a bastard .
19 ‘ I have n't become a millionaire but it was exciting — rather like giving birth and watching your baby grow , ’ says Andy , from New Haw , Surrey .
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