Example sentences of "[noun prp] become the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From being a label past its peak , Chanel became the hottest news in fashion and Lagerfeld made the Chanel suit the number one fashion status symbol of the Eighties . |
| 2 | Formal veterinary instruction began in France in 1762 , when the world 's first veterinary school opened in Lyons , where a 24-year-old named Laurent Gaillard became the first pupil on 16 February . |
| 3 | Closer to home , BARNEY from NEW ORDER and long-time girlfriend SARAH became the proud parents of a very healthy baby boy called Dylan . |
| 4 | Ferguson became the first player to be sent off in the six-year reign of Scotland manager Andy Roxburgh . |
| 5 | The consultant psychogeriatrician in the London Borough of Newham was one of those approached , and as he responded most quickly and positively , Newham became the second area in which the project was to be set up . |
| 6 | OLD Kingstonians and Brooklands became the final qualifiers for next year 's Pizza Express National League , winning their play-off matches yesterday to earn places in the Second Division . |
| 7 | President Havel of Czechoslovakia became the first head of state on July 19 to ratify the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe ( CFE ) , signed by the six Warsaw Pact and 16 NATO member countries in November 1990 [ see p. 37838 ] , and which entailed sharp reductions in troops , tanks and weaponry . |
| 8 | Still , as Jane belonged nowhere , Sussex became the nearest thing to home . |
| 9 | In 1845 , Texas became the 28th state of the Union . |
| 10 | In 1822 , eight years after Thomas Lord [ q.v. ] had moved his famous turf to its last resting place at St John 's Wood , Aislabie became the first secretary of the MCC , the first sign of any real formality of organization . |
| 11 | Yet this was also the period during which the United States became the main supplier of the hugely increasing need for raw cotton . |
| 12 | Bruges became the northern centre of the Hanseatic League and other important commercial centres grew up in Ghent , Antwerp , Louvain and Ypres . |
| 13 | Thomas Jefferson became the third president in 1801 despite published accusations of his seducing two married women and keeping a slave mistress . |
| 14 | The pattern of Europe was squarely placed upon the city of Jerusalem when , in 1100 , Baldwin of Boulogne became the first King of Jerusalem . |
| 15 | In 1922 Parma became the last city in Italy to give in to Mussolini , and then only after violent fighting Oltre Torrente . |
| 16 | In Johnson 's report , the education offered by the city takes precedence over any popular descriptions or concerns , beginning with an interest in the fact that Hector Boece or Boethius became the first President of the King 's College , in 1494 , at the instigation of Bishop William Elphinstone , effectively the founder of Aberdeen University — whose tomb may still be seen . |
| 17 | Poor Crossley became the laughing stock of a 19,326 crowd when Vinnie Jones overhit a through ball , leaving the Forest No 1 with the seemingly easy task of collecting it yards ahead of the advancing Clarke . |
| 18 | A prominent underworld figure popular in Belgrade and the head of the fan club for the Red Star football team , Arkan became the Serbian supremo in eastern Croatia during one of the most brutal campaigns of the Croatian war . |
| 19 | The Spencer soap opera was launched when Raine , daughter of the romantic novelist Barbara Cartland , married Lord Spencer to become the first member of the cast . |
| 20 | In February Aquino became the first President of the Philippines to appear in court as she took the stand as a witness in support of her libel case against a newspaper columnist , Luis Beltran . |
| 21 | On this day : the arrest of the Templars for heresy took place in Paris , on the orders of Philip IV , 1307 ; Benedict Arnold was defeated at Lake Champlain , 1776 ; President George Washington laid the foundation stone of the White House , Washington 1792 ; British forces defeated the Americans at the Battle of Queenston Heights , 1812 ; Greenwich was adopted as the universal meridian at the Washington Conference , 1884 ; 41 people were killed during a German air-raid on London , 1915 ; Ankara became the new capital of Turkey , 1923 ; Italy declared war on Germany , 1943 ; the Allies liberated Athens , 1944 ; the first London production of the musical show The Pajama Game was presented , 1955 . |
| 22 | When Edward I , Langshanks , waged his wars against Wales and Scotland , his armies were paid for by loans from Luccan bankers and when he reneged on the loans , the bankers went bust and Florence became the international financier of the day . |
| 23 | Ross became the unofficial leader of the whole trade , working hard to ensure survival . |
| 24 | Sir Anthony became the new chairman on 1 July , succeeding John Maltby , whose term of office ended on 30 June . |
| 25 | Remaisnil became the staged version of her perfected life , the culmination of the myth which was such a potent force for customer and company alike and without which the art could not flourish . |
| 26 | On the other hand , while Franco was selling strategic minerals to Hitler , he was also selling them to the Allies , precisely because he did not want Spain to become the economic satellite of Germany . |
| 27 | Establishing an operationally independent Bank of England to become the Central Bank of the UK , to ensure disciplined economic management , to end political manipulation of the economy and to form the rock upon which a long-term anti-inflationary strategy can be built . |
| 28 | Maurice Fermoy became the Conservative Member of Parliament for King 's Lynn while his Scottish wife , who gave up a promising career as a concert pianist to marry , founded the King 's Lynn Festival for Arts and Music which , since its inception in 1951 , has attracted world renowned musicians such as Sir John Barbirolli and Yehudi Menuhin . |
| 29 | George Oldham became the first chairman of any region to serve a second term of office . |
| 30 | Lizzie became the focal point of Marjorie and Bill 's life ; holidays were only taken if Lizzie could go too . |