Example sentences of "[noun] and become a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the North , in the Democratic Republic , the army shed all guerrilla characteristics and became a professional force . |
| 2 | The policy has stifled realistic thinking and become a conspiracy whereby happenings such as the attempt to assassinate William Black was carried out under 2 Conservative government and the decision by the Attorney General to have no one prosecuted was taken under a Labour one . |
| 3 | Instead of starting off in Oxbridge and becoming a spy , he started as a spy and ended up in Oxbridge . |
| 4 | It was not Dubroca 's fault that the story gathered momentum and became a headline in the English-speaking media for nearly two weeks while the World Cup bandwagon was still rolling on . |
| 5 | To many observers Reagan had long ceased to be a president and become a king-like figure who communicated with his people in platitudinous homilies . |
| 6 | During that first year in Fontanellato I was obliged to join the most junior of the Fascist organizations and became a Piccola Italiana , a little Italian . |
| 7 | The youngest of the family , John , was quite unlike his brothers and became a Spanish Merchant . |
| 8 | One pellet lodged between his eyes and became a permanent dimple . |
| 9 | The imperialist attitude was accommodated in his books all the more easily because he put the emphasis on service and sacrifice rather than on nationalist domination or material gain : an approach that may seem hypocritical to present-day readers was sincere enough in a man who set out to be a philanthropist and reformer and became a best-seller . |
| 10 | ‘ We have no intention of taking a stake in another company , nor is there any other company that wants to take a stake in Siemens Nixdorf and become a dominant partner , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Charles acquired a magnificent collection of pictures and became a patron of Rubens and van Dyck as well as of Inigo Jones , who was commissioned not only to build palaces but to write and produce masques at Court . |
| 12 | The increased happiness which would be experienced by the accord would have a profound effect and become a very important influence on the progress of civilisation . |
| 13 | To them I was just another recruit , and if I did well , got myself through the first six months and became a legionnaire , then I would matter to them because I would be part of their system . |
| 14 | At Cambridge he acquired a reputation as a poet and became a friend of John Bulkeley , whose epic The Last Day ( 1717 , revised 1719 ) he edited . |
| 15 | Ian was a bright young striker who , after helping the Palace Juniors win the FA Youth Cup in 1977 , forced his way into the League side and became a key member of our 1979 2nd Division Championship line-ups , scoring several invaluable goals , including the first one in the decisive victory over Burnley which clinched the title in the final game of the season . |
| 16 | Lee , who played in City 's great 1968 championship-winning side and became a cult hero during his spell at Maine Road between 1967-73 , went on : ‘ If it is the wish of the shareholders and supporters I am available . |
| 17 | She moved to London after the break-up of her marriage and became a prison visitor some time after Teamwork Associates was swallowed into a larger body . |
| 18 | All the more remarkable then that in 1829 , a born-deaf person with no speech was called to the Bar and became a barrister . |
| 19 | Griffith was transferred to other work and became a very famous engine designer . |
| 20 | After the building I left er the building work and became a tram conductor where I went through a course in the , down at Shrub Hall went through a conductor 's course . |
| 21 | Playing the game takes over the drama session and becomes a means for the children ( and sometimes the teacher ) to avoid the drama . |
| 22 | After some 20 months I was able to take a trade test and become a Leading Aircraftsman getting nearly £2 a week , One of the notorious figures at Cranwell at this time was Aircraftsman Shaw ( the legendary Col T.E . |
| 23 | With the restaurant gone , Picon expects the Cypriot corridor , now lined with Cypriot archaic sculpture and glorious Boscotrecase frescoes , to cease being a corridor and become a calm gallery again — instead of a passageway from the Great Hall to the restaurant , which can turn into a snarl of baby strollers on a Saturday . |
| 24 | His place of birth , Montona near Trieste , was one day just handed over to the Communists and became a part of Yugoslavia . |
| 25 | Acquitted , he makes his way to England and becomes a friend of Henry Gowan 's . |
| 26 | Before it met Eve and became a star , the apple was a humble fruit , a gift from the holy Tree of Life , which accumulated meaning in many cultures long before the Garden of Eden myth took shape . |
| 27 | I am very happy that at the very moment you are admitted to your degree and become a graduate of the University of Nottingham I have the opportunity to shake your hand in congratulation . |
| 28 | Intertel Communications Inc , currently legally a Canadian company , says from its Teleport Denver Inc base in Colorado that it plans to swear allegiance to the flag and become a naturalised American : it will reincorporate in the US to meet a condition set by the Federal Communications Commission , which gave plenty of ammunition to the Europeans that say that the US market is not as open as Uncle Sam likes to think , by insisting that only American companies could hold earth satellite station common carrier licences — there is no comparable restriction on US companies applying for licences in the UK . |
| 29 | When John left Cottesmore School in Nottingham in 1941 , at the age of fourteen , his ambition was to follow in his father 's footsteps and become a motor mechanic . |
| 30 | James was terrified of witchcraft and became a ruthless persecutor of anyone suspected of it . |