Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] become [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case has been made that neutralisation is potentially attractive only to relatively minor states that by virtue of their strategic position or symbolic political value have become or threaten to become the focal points of contests for control or dominant influence between principal regional or global rivals . |
| 2 | Verderers might also be removed from office on a report by the Justice of the Forest to the Chancery that they were incapacitated by old age or sickness , or occupied with other duties , or were insufficiently qualified in that they held no land within the forest and did not dwell there , or had committed or connived at trespasses of vert or venison , or had become a paid officer of the forest , or , in one case , had ‘ entered the priestly order ’ . |
| 3 | Booth-capturing is no longer seen as an outrage and has become a normal part of electoral strategy , particularly in lawless Bihar . |
| 4 | What is not realized … is that although the movement from the cities has many other long-term causes , delinquency has now ceased to be merely a symptom of urban breakdown ( if it ever was ) … and has become a major contributor to it . ’ |
| 5 | Since the early 1960s it has undergone a transformation as great as that of the nineteenth century and has become a new settlement with virtually no connection with agriculture or coal . |
| 6 | It survives and has become a religious force in the village . |
| 7 | For such a psychology , mind has ceased to be a static structure or a substantial thing and has become a dynamic entity , a nexus of activities and a sequence of adaptive responses ’ |
| 8 | The M4 Corridor , stretching from Heathrow airport to Bristol is one of the most prosperous parts of Britain and has become a favoured location for electronics firms . |
| 9 | Integrated working teams can help identify and understand technical risk and has become the working model for BPX . |
| 10 | He came to prominence in the early 50s and has become the best-known member of the ‘ kitchen sink school ’ of realist painters . |
| 11 | A key link with the mainland , the Larne-Stranraer route has been in existence for almost 130 years and has become an integral part of Ulster 's maritime heritage . |
| 12 | This has now developed to include Henley members and has become an official club fixture , the winners rewarded with the Jayemdoubleyou Cup which the late Jack Webb presented and which cup had in fact been his father 's rowing trophy ! |
| 13 | Advocacy was an important objective for many projects and has become an important objective for every project . |
| 14 | Within the precincts of the White Tower , guarded by magical illusions of great cunning , he learned the intricacies of sorcery , and rose to become a true master of High Magic . |
| 15 | The Permanent Secretaries at the Home Office and the Lord Chancellor 's Department decided that the fledgling service had to be welcomed into the fold and helped to become an effective department . |
| 16 | If the All Blacks had major weaknesses in the Test series they were of fullback defence and goal-kicking , where Williams and Going became the erratic test kickers . |
| 17 | Stealing , cheating and lying become the only way to pay . |
| 18 | The postponement — announced at the beginning of the year and rationalized on the grounds that , with legislative and presidential elections due to be held in 1992 , a third set of elections would have involved undue expense — was also condemned by a growing number of student protesters and threatened to become a key issue in the campaign leading up to the presidential elections in December . |
| 19 | He made enemies and friends , gambled , pursued women , married , remarried , produced good films and bad , and survived to become an American legend . |
| 20 | Visual communication , via graphics terminals , is an exciting activity , and J. D. Foley and A. Van Dam 's Fundamentals of Interactive Computer Graphics presents a mathematically difficult subject in an exciting way and deserves to become a major undergraduate text . |
| 21 | For her sake , Harry had abandoned his political ambitions , and had become a simple man of the church . |
| 22 | By the time of his third Melbourne Cup in November he had already won eight races as a five-year-old and had become a national idol , but the handicapper had shovelled ten stone ten pounds on his back for the Cup , so it was no disgrace when he could finish only eighth . |
| 23 | I drew this item to the attention of congress last year since when my branch has lost thirty four members to new caps including one who was making good progress and had become a national delegate . |
| 24 | Sparc laptop house , San Diego , California-based , RDI Corp , is finally getting around to telling us that it 's out of the kidding around stage and trying to become a real company . |
| 25 | Sometimes they have proved to be persuasive and have become the new majority view . |
| 26 | Habari ya Mwezi , started at an early date by the UMCA , has already been mentioned , but failed to become an important vehicle for African opinion . |
| 27 | Palestinians find it almost impossible to recall their final departure from Palestine without considerable emotion , for it was not only a tragedy for individual families but has become a critical moment in modern Palestinian history . |
| 28 | The flood of diverse human experience which it brings down to our own life and time is in no sense or degree foreign to us , but has become the native experience of men of our own race and culture . |
| 29 | Money , said Constance , no longer had any relevance to the value of half a dozen eggs or a side of mutton , but had become a separate commodity for rich men to play with . |
| 30 | Farnlucher told the jury he was trained as a medic by the German Luftwaffe but had become a certified osteopath through an American University . |