Example sentences of "[adj] and become [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Central Management Committee was set up for the Government legal service and , as senior Government lawyer , it fell to Ware to be chairman of this and to become head of the parallel Legal Career Service . |
| 2 | Peter Brooke , who left the firm to enter politics in 1979 and became Chairman of the Conservative party , set up the firm 's British base in prestigious but not overtly showy offices in park Lane . |
| 3 | Lamplugh was born in Octon in 1615 and became Archbishop of York in 1688 . |
| 4 | School and teacher 's house were then renovated and enlarged and became church and manse . |
| 5 | Edward 's brother Edmund of Lancaster ( Crouchback ) married Blanche of Artois in 1275 and became governor of the northern French comté of Champagne on her behalf . |
| 6 | In recognition of his work on thin films and terrestrial magnetism he was awarded the Royal medal of the Royal Society in 1891 and became president of the permanent committee on terrestrial magnetism and atmospheric electricity of the International Meteorological Conference in 1896 . |
| 7 | Through his other books however Bunyan had become famous when he was released under Charles II 's Act of Indulgence in 1672 and became Pastor of the Bedford Meeting . |
| 8 | He joined Cadbury Brothers Ltd in 1952 and became chairman in 1956 . |
| 9 | Schlesinger joined the Bundesbank in 1952 and became vice-president in 1959 . |
| 10 | There is no place , in which a man can move or sit , in which the outside of a book can be otherwise than an innocent and becoming spectacle . |
| 11 | The fund was raided by the Exchequer in 1957 and became moribund . |
| 12 | He had been elected FRS in 1840 and became FRCS in 1844 . |
| 13 | He was treasurer of the RAS from 1831 to 1840 and became president a few years before his death in 1866 . |
| 14 | In that year he received the title of Captain and Admiral-General and became Stadtholder of all the provinces . |
| 15 | He joined the family firm of McVitie $ Price in 1947 and became chairman in 1963 . |
| 16 | He joined the historic Merchant Company in 1947 and became Master . |
| 17 | Deborah Coleman was one of the highest-flying women in Silicon Valley with the title chief financial officer until she suddenly took a long sabbatical a couple of years ago : she did return to Apple Computer Inc and became vice-president for information systems , but quit again suddenly last week ; she has now resurfaced at Tektronix Inc as vice-president for materials operations , which is a new post . |
| 18 | Each movement is complete in itself but must flow into the next and become part of the total choreographic design . |
| 19 | The fashionable and becoming gown and girdle were her only concessions to style and conformity . |
| 20 | He joined United Distillers as managing director for the European Region in June 1990 and became deputy managing director of the company in 1992 . |
| 21 | Alured was commissioned captain of horse 10 August 1642 and became colonel in May 1643 . |