Example sentences of "[adj] become a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modernisation of the station took place , and the ‘ Master Cutler ’ , introduced in 1948 became a Pullman train in 1958 , but running via Retford to Kings Cross . |
| 2 | Because it is not possible for more than four people to share a freehold , the owners of each of the six units formed themselves into a management company in order to buy the building ; each became a director of the company and was given a 999-year lease of his or her dwelling . |
| 3 | if that was a possibility or if that became a possibility mum only live round the corner . |
| 4 | He was educated at Chester Grammar School and in 1872 became a pupil of Joseph Armstrong , locomotive superintendent of the Great Western . |
| 5 | This became a powerhouse of academic propaganda in favour of self-determination for the peoples of eastern Europe . |
| 6 | In the mid 1920s a class was set up in London ; in 1934 this became a school at Penhill in Kent . |
| 7 | A bad mistake , as this became a standing joke for the rest of the week . |
| 8 | Direct responsibility for DMS policy in England and Wales was initially that of a panel ( a panel for Scotland remained separate for several years ) and this became a Board after the Committee for Arts and Social Studies was split in 1978 and a Committee for Business and Management Studies created — ; a decision which produced some controversy . |
| 9 | Samuel Whitbread had extracted a fine of £5 from a malefactor who had been brought up before him in his magistrate 's court ; this became a donation to the infirmary . |
| 10 | A small drapers , ‘ Palmers ’ , was next door but after a few years this became a Baby Wear shop . |
| 11 | Made public this became a display of petulance and obstinacy , from which Miller emerged the loser . |
| 12 | The Situationists were idealists in the sense that they perceived themselves apart from the spectacle , always managing to be ‘ other-than-spectacular ’ , as Levin puts it , so that this became a pre-condition of Situationist practice . |
| 13 | This became a record of termly discussion signed by both parties . |
| 14 | When the Empire collapsed this became a reproach , so that a deliberate policy designed to increase the prestige of France in the eyes of others was denounced as criminal extravagance . |
| 15 | In due course this became a grievance and from early days , no doubt , it could be commuted for payment in money . |
| 16 | This became a challenge for managers in the 1980s who had been recruited in the more consensual 1960s and 1970s , and it will remain a feature of the next decade . |
| 17 | This became a signal for revolutionary insurrection in Catalonia and Asturia by the C.N.T.-F.A.I . |
| 18 | Through this personal talk , the teacher avoids any competitive feeling that might occur if this became a group activity . |
| 19 | They persuaded their father to let them use it to eat their porridge and this became a habit with them . |
| 20 | October by the French , at Agincourt , with fearful loss of life to the French troops , and Henry V became a legend . |
| 21 | Powell began work in the library of Brasenose College in 1893 , and in 1895 became a boy helper at the Bodleian Library under E. W. B. Nicholson [ q.v . ] . |
| 22 | Will this become a part of the Quality Assurance System ? |
| 23 | Has this become a habit of mind ? |
| 24 | One solution is to use an assistant to provide shelter if this becomes a problem . |
| 25 | They are often cheaply made and whilst the canvas surface itself will flex with any warpage , this becomes a problem when you have to frame your pictures . |
| 26 | If one believes that the universe will expand and then contract again , as the no boundary proposal seems to imply , this becomes a question of why we should be in the expanding phase rather than the contracting phase . |
| 27 | However , when this becomes a driver we are often looking for attention when we are doing something . |
| 28 | Stevens , now working for Capital Radio as a match summariser , said : ‘ I think it is very worrying for football if this becomes a trend . |
| 29 | This becomes a threat when the information in the marketplace is about humans , and private . |
| 30 | When applied to women universally this becomes a stereotype , overgeneralised and just a step away from the sexist argument that women are ‘ naturally ’ caring . |