Example sentences of "of [noun sg] become a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | As more and more land was planted with cash crops , the lack of pasture became a serious problem in many districts . |
| 2 | The men threw up their arms every time they shouted , and gradually what began as a confusion of noise became a solid roar of acclamation . |
| 3 | Only if a legal system was eventually brought in would a breach of contract become a criminal breach of the law . |
| 4 | Only with the rise of Khoneini did the politics and spirituality of Islam become a burning issue among strategists , conversationalists , politicians and writers . |
| 5 | Ali proved a personal focus for his movements and the Nation of Islam became a forceful agent of cultural change amongst blacks , offering , through the leader Elijah Muhammad , a reassertion of the lost culture of black people with the creation of separate hospitals , schools , farms and industries . |
| 6 | Edinburgh thus came into line with the rest of Britain , and the trade of compositor became a male monopoly until the Equal Opportunities legislation of the 1970s , which enabled a few women to serve regular apprentice ships as compositors , before the widespread adoption of the new computerized technology convulsed the printing trade , in ways which have been thoroughly discussed by Cynthia Cockburn . |
| 7 | In the end , as we shall see , the cost of decommissioning became a vital part of the accountants ' nightmare that laid the nuclear beast to rest . |
| 8 | But the deal has even greater cultural significance , as The Shoe People has been given the official stamp of approval to become a major influence on millions of Russian children . |
| 9 | After the death of her father in 1891 she withdrew entirely into private life , devoting herself almost obsessively to the care of her mother , even though the latter soon came out of retirement to become a royal lady-in-waiting . |
| 10 | ‘ The problem with a lot of anthropologists is that they want so much to find a hominid that any scrap of bone becomes a hominid bone . ’ |
| 11 | It is a positive message in which the keeping of the moral commandments of behaviour become a vital part of the relationship with God and with each other . |
| 12 | Because management use the technology to exercise tight control over workers , managers have not needed to pay much attention to issues of job satisfaction and motivation because only when workers have autonomy does their level of motivation become a relevant consideration . |
| 13 | For Nelson Goodman a single instance of contraband becomes a mass invasion . |
| 14 | There are , of course , one or two insurance companies who offer an insurance scheme that avoids the need to make the payment of any deposit , but that , upon payment of a premium , provides a guarantee to the seller 's conveyancer that should the transaction not proceed , then the appropriate 10% will be made available in the course of forfeiture becoming a legal possibility under the terms of the contract . |
| 15 | Such a play with different natures of fold in one area of drapery becomes a favourite ploy in the quite other conventions of Hellenistic sculpture ( below , p. 199 ) . |
| 16 | As a result , the scrutiny of the estimates in the Committee of Supply became a formal vote to reduce the money for this or that department by a nominal figure so as to permit a general attack on the government 's policy in that field . |
| 17 | As it turned out , this act of obedience became a powerful witness to his parents of his transformed character clearly emerging since making his commitment to Christ . |
| 18 | There were traces of the same fine-boned look about him , but his features were already well masked by what was likely in the course of time to become a solid layer of self-indulgent fat . |
| 19 | The patch of grassland became a narrow plateau . |