Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] become a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A woman 's decision to become a political activist implies a much longer and more difficult process than that taken by a man . |
| 2 | On the other hand , a letter , written by Avitus of Vienne , on the occasion of the king 's baptism , ascribes no role either to the queen or to the outcome of a battle , but sees Clovis 's decision to become a catholic as the personal choice of an intelligent monarch . |
| 3 | Ultimately , however , the fear of a rival market developing outside the Exchange , the need for outside capital , and the desire to attract the American and Japanese securities houses ( whose participation was crucial in the Stock Exchange 's fight to become a world leader ) , made inevitable further rule changes . |
| 4 | We talk about the ups and downs of being thirty , about Denice 's ambition to become a successful actress , about books and birth signs . |
| 5 | The territory 's ambition to become a major financial centre like Tokyo and Singapore , therefore , came to seem increasingly unrealistic . |
| 6 | Alone in the dining room — for Twomey had stopped softly jangling spoons and forks and fitting plates each to each , and gone , quietly as his shadow — Nicandra 's mind became a perfect blank . |
| 7 | In Textermination the reader 's mind becomes a veritable anthology of literature which supplants the author 's literary heritage as the source on which the novel draws . |
| 8 | He said Gooch 's car became a lethal weapon as he raced at near 90mph speed , ‘ probably to show off . ’ |
| 9 | National was set up in 1989 specifically to sell the capacity , and the change leaves National 's attempt to become a public telecommunications operator in doubt . |
| 10 | In Andrew 's world the pocket-knife that belonged to Iain 's recollection became a cleaver that seemed to go so close to the bone as to almost sever completely . |
| 11 | The acoustics of the music room were especially attuned to the human voice ; in fact the existence of the music room had been influential in Daniel 's determination to become a singer . |
| 12 | But once the sentence has been paid , the criminal is entitled to society 's help to become a good citizen . |
| 13 | No less important , a quick and strong reaction came from the United States , which was anxious not to let Mr Serrano 's autogolpe become a fashion in other shaky democracies in Latin America . |
| 14 | As the years go by , Ursula 's body becomes a bore , and she experiences a fear of ageing : ‘ I shall have to die fairly young , because I wo n't be able to live with the infirmities of old age . ’ |
| 15 | demagogic official of the United Aggregate Tribunal , who publicly deplores Blackpool 's refusal to become a member . |
| 16 | Firstly , we may be critical of the way the field is set up , so that men and their behaviour are implicitly the norm and women 's behaviour becomes a deviation needing explanation . |
| 17 | Three times in succession they have fallen in the semi-finals , and Beenhakker 's departure became a formality when they were thrashed 5-0 by Milan at San Siro last season . |
| 18 | ‘ I leave you in Mr Calder 's good hands , ’ Anna said , and the American 's smile became a grin . |
| 19 | Is it an accident that Quebec 's separatism became a major force at the end of a decade during which the Quebec birthrate had virtually halved and ( for the first time ) fallen well below that of Canada ? |
| 20 | Far from being perceived as the harbinger of an amoral ‘ social Darwinism ’ based on the worship of brute force , Darwin 's theory became a foundation stone of the nineteenth century 's faith in the inevitability of progress . |
| 21 | After 1832 Bald 's career becomes a catalogue of the roads , harbours , river navigations , canals , and railways designed by himself or with his advice . |
| 22 | The Citizen 's Charter became a centrepiece of their election strategy and a minister of Cabinet rank was appointed to oversee its implementation afterwards . |
| 23 | Hale 's suicide became a poignant metaphor for the oppressive nature of the social values of New York and North America in general . |
| 24 | The second part of this study will use a large sample of recent graduates to investigate the individual graduate 's choice to become a teacher or not and the incentive to remain in teaching or to leave the job within the first few years . |
| 25 | Durance 's voice became a menacing whisper . |
| 26 | Tanner 's voice became a squeal . |
| 27 | Sun Microsystems Computer Corp offered the low-end Sparcstation 10 Model 20 in September as a promotional system because it was supply-bound on the faster versions of the processor ( UX No 402 and see page five ) , and never intended the 33MHz box to become a permanent member of the product line . |
| 28 | Thus in each potency the remedy 's strength becomes a hundred times five hundred , which is one fifty-thousandth of the previous potency : hence the term fifty millesimal potency . |
| 29 | As Pascoe watched , it exploded in Maddox 's hand to become a bunch of flowers again . |
| 30 | And yet , as a partial recovery took place in the 1930s and the Jenkins clan bit the bone that was thrown at them , the small boy 's world became a wonderland of gifts , large and small , of treats , tips , goodies . |