Example sentences of "[vb past] part [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other internal Scottish Region expresses to Aberdeen and Inverness also became part of the Provincial empire , even though their carriages were still branded ‘ InterCity ’ for many years after sectorisation . |
| 2 | The two most populous union territories , Pondicherry and Delhi , became part of the electoral college on May 7 by a unanimous decision of the Indian parliament ; elected members of the Pondicherry and the proposed Delhi legislative assemblies would thereby be able to participate in presidential elections . |
| 3 | On Oct. 3 the German Democratic Republic ( GDR or East Germany ) ceased to exist when the five Länder ( states ) which had been re-established on its territory in July 1990 [ see p. 37661 ] became part of the Federal Republic of Germany ( FRG , hitherto referred to as West Germany ) . |
| 4 | Fresh salmon and freshwater fish were not rationed but were price fixed and like game and poultry , usually became part of the black economy . |
| 5 | Again , despite widespread opposition from many sections of the community , the clause became part of the final legislation . |
| 6 | It was not until the French Revolution that democracy ceased to be a mere literary word , and became part of the political vocabulary . |
| 7 | This philosophy , which became known as the ‘ Carter doctrine ’ , persisted into the presidency of his successor and became part of the conditioning material at play in later Washington reflexes . |
| 8 | But 240–200 B.C. were exactly the years in which Greek epics , tragedy , comedy and historiography became part of the Roman way of life . |
| 9 | Greek philosophers and rhetoricians became part of the Roman establishment . |
| 10 | By the time that Israel became part of the Roman empire , the idea was already widespread among the various religious sects that the ‘ End of the World ’ was at hand , although it was only for the Essenes of Qumran that this belief assumed a definite form ; that , whereas the First Judgement at the time of Noah had been destruction by water , the Last Judgement would be destruction by fire . |
| 11 | After the first world war the line became part of the Southern Railway and on summer Saturdays special trains hauled by massive locomotives brought hundreds of holiday-makers from London and the North . |
| 12 | When , in 1975 , PNG won its independence from Australia ( which had been running the place since 1949 ) , Bougainville formally became part of the new country . |
| 13 | But when county boundaries were reorganised in nineteen seventy four it became part of the new county of avon . |
| 14 | Her resentment and disappointment became part of the awkward thrust she made to fasten Robert 's gardenia to her shoulder strap . |
| 15 | Situated at the head of the Cuckmere valley , on an impressive site in the heart of the Weald and protected by the great bend of the Cuckmere River , this site was chosen for an Augustinian priory in the 13th century and became part of the religious life of the time . |
| 16 | In 1894 he replaced ( Sir ) T. E. Thorpe [ q.v. ] as professor of chemistry at the Royal College of Science , which became part of the Imperial College of Science and Technology in 1907 , two years before Tilden retired in 1909 . |
| 17 | Sad , nostalgic , the countryside had hardly changed and , if I closed my eyes at certain parts , I was back with Master Benjamin and all those people , now long dead , travelling to a place where conspiracy , treason and sudden death became part of the very fabric of our lives . |
| 18 | Later , the restrictions solidified into blocks which became part of the genetic make-up of humanity . |
| 19 | From March 1743 he began to preach and built up a network of religious societies in Derbyshire , Cheshire , and south-east Lancashire , which soon became part of the Methodist organization led by John Wesley [ q.v . ] . |
| 20 | In this " process of corporate bias " , what had once been merely interest groups crossed the political threshold and became part of the extended state . |
| 21 | Then suddenly they became part of the social background like film stars or professional football players . |
| 22 | This Fire Brigade was to continue as a Local Volunteer Force until the 1939–45 war when it became part of the National Fire Service . |
| 23 | Chips became part of the British diet during the 19th century and over the course of the next hundred years , according to the Frozen Food Information Service , fish and chips became not only a national institution , but also a vital source of nutrition for the working class . |
| 24 | It thus became part of the local heritage and continued as a source of inspiration . |
| 25 | The mill was powered by water and became part of the Royal Powder Mill in the eighteenth century . |
| 26 | In June 1914 , the celebrated dining car which had won the Grand Prix at the Paris Exhibition of 1900 became part of the Royal Train . |
| 27 | It became part of the Royal Train in 1966 . |
| 28 | In 1947 waterways became part of the nationalised transport industry , investment being concentrated on the wider rivers and canals . |
| 29 | Brooke left immediately , and spent the rest of his life in London , where he died 9 May 1963 , in the same year as Sarawak became part of the Malaysian Federation . |
| 30 | B. Sherman did some very clumsy checks — until those white with black/red/blue/green or yellow small checked shirts became part of the smooth uniform in 1971 . |