Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] become [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The transferee of a straight bill also acquires the right to notify the carrier of the transfer , and thereby to become the direct obligee of whatever obligations the carrier owed to the transferor of the bill immediately before the notification , including delivery of the goods .
2 His second son John West Wilson was a resident agent in Gothenburg and eventually became a naturalized Swede .
3 Her brother , Merfyn , began training with his uncle as a motor engineer and eventually became a technical journalist .
4 Slatter also served on the county committee for 30 years , edited the club handbook , and eventually became an Honorary member of both Buckinghamshire and the Minor Counties Cricket Association .
5 The school later moved to Gower St , was granted a royal patent , and eventually became the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art .
6 How the hell did a man stop being an agent and suddenly become a civil servant ?
7 Applecross just happened to be central when Xenly was divided and so became the only building to be shared by each community .
8 He was fortunate enough to marry Louis XII 's only daughter and so became the appointed successor .
9 And so become a just judge — of theirs . ’
10 This theory is that , as in the adult , the changes associated with being asleep and awake will have a direct effect upon all rhythms , and so become the external cause of them .
11 Models or paintings might be made and perhaps become a similar basis for talk .
12 As the eldest son of a wealthy sake and soy-sauce producer in conservative Nagoya , he was expected to take over the family business — and perhaps become the 15th generation of Morita Mayors in the local community .
13 Amphibious raiding along the Channel coast and elsewhere became a coordinated intelligence gathering operation in preparation for the opening of a Second Front by the invasion of Europe , plans for which entailed amphibious training for large armies , pre-empting men and equipment from possible large raids .
14 After the Second World War — during which time Fred served as a Special in the Metropolitan Police and later in the Royal Artillery — he put in another 111 League appearances and thus became the only Palace player to make a century of appearances on each side of the war .
15 ‘ Just the job , ’ thought the enthusiastic Gary , and thus became the first person in history to attempt to convert a quartet of Jehovah 's Witness .
16 She succeeded Leif Haraldseth and thus became the first woman to hold the post .
17 Through watching his father in these activities , the boy gradually learns how to handle his digging-stick , and thus becomes a practical agriculturist .
18 Management may be able to establish Newco , obtain commitments to subscribe share capital from the employees and collect in their money , which could support a bridging loan to enable Newco to acquire Target and thus become a holding company .
19 By taking a peerage he ruined the political career of his elder son , who had become Unionist MP for Plymouth in 1910 and was elevated to the Lords in succession to his father in 1919 , but also created the opportunity for his daughter-in-law , Nancy ( later Viscountess Astor , q.v. ) to win her husband 's seat at a by-election , and thus become the first woman to sit in the House of Commons .
20 She had arrived in Paris in 1912 and soon became a good friend of Soutine and a familiar Montparnasse character .
21 In February 1940 , Flying Officer Douglas Bader , who had lost his legs in a flying accident nine years earlier and was discharged from the RAF , rejoined and was posted to Duxford , and soon became a celebrated officer in Fighter Command , complete with tin legs , although he ended the war in Colditz .
22 Circular kilns first appeared in Kent around 1805 and soon became the normal pattern there .
23 They bought a garage at Caterham from Anthony Crook , who still runs the Bristol Car Company , and began by carrying out ‘ all the usual garage things ’ , and soon became the first Lotus agent when the manufacturer began to expand .
24 Club racing tends to be fun and competitive , without being too serious , and usually becomes the principal activity for many dinghy sailors .
25 By this means , Dionysiac music was introduced into Greece [ ( VII B.C. ? ) ] and rapidly became a potent force .
26 George Woodger , an inside or centre-forward of the highest quality , played for the Palace in our earliest years and quickly became the first Palace ‘ superstar ’ — and that in an age when today 's publicity was unthinkable .
27 In his first spell with the Palace , Steve matured under Dick Graham , Arthur Rowe and Bert Head and quickly became an important part of Palace 's sides in the late 1960s , when his talented inside-forward or midfield displays were one of the hallmarks of Palace performances .
28 During the Turkish occupation the church was used as a mosque and later became a Jesuit monastery .
29 Originally this was a track which followed a ridge of higher ground and later became a main route for Welsh drovers taking their cattle to be fattened in Northampton before going on to market in London .
30 Lord Clive , a k a Clive of India , was born here and later became a local MP and Mayor of Shrewsbury .
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