Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] become [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I might change my mind about becoming a vet and try writing situation comedy for television . |
| 2 | The purchaser will not wish to manage the business for fear of becoming a shadow director of the vendor under CA 1985 , s741 . |
| 3 | He re-sat the ‘ O ’ levels at the next available opportunity ( November 1979 ) and crashed once more , thus having to abandon his initial ambition of becoming a police officer . |
| 4 | Clive never fulfilled his ambition of becoming a real American police officer . |
| 5 | Would she herself end up like that , if she achieved her ambition of becoming the managing editor of a magazine ? |
| 6 | The government denies any intention of become a ‘ lakelord ’ and controlling the waters . ’ |
| 7 | He had come to Salzburg from his parental home in Augsburg in 1737 to study at the University with the intention of becoming a priest , but his love of music had led him instead to take up an appointment initially with the Canon of Salzburg before joining the Archbishop 's household . |
| 8 | Tony Weller 's threat to ‘ keep a pike ’ implied his intention of becoming a turnpike keeper , i.e. a collector of tolls . |
| 9 | Jonathan Wheeler , an engineering undergraduate , has no intention of becoming a teacher . |
| 10 | What an extraordinary suggestion , to put forward a girl — a charity child who was not a Sister , a novice , a postulant , nor anyone with the remotest intention of becoming a nun — and raise her up above the many Sisters in the Community who were all hoping and praying for a chance of higher education … what would they feel if a girl who had already been pampered , it seemed , by the convent in Knockglen , were put in to study , over their heads ? |
| 11 | Accordingly he returned home to Yorkshire with the firm intention of becoming a hermit . |
| 12 | ‘ I had every intention of becoming a pianist or conductor but in a great flash of realisation I decided that I would only ever be a mediocre musician and went off to study drama . ’ |
| 13 | The demands of the business prevented his following his original intention of becoming a professional chemist . |
| 14 | Of course , he had no intention of becoming a nine-to-fiver . |
| 15 | In an announcement published on 28 August 1991 , the PT expressed the intention of becoming the political organisation of the trade unions . |
| 16 | Maginn spent the rest of his life as a dedicated missioner in Belfast , where in 1888 he had the pleasure of becoming the first superintendent of the Mission Hall for the Adult Deaf and Dumb which was opened that year by Miss Wilhelmina Frederick . |
| 17 | Sandford , a lawyer before becoming the youngest chief executive in local government , was upset when his name was leaked to the press , and Taylor is incensed to find himself suddenly only a contender for a job to which he was appointed in August . |
| 18 | Sandford , a lawyer before becoming the youngest chief executive in local government , was upset when his name was leaked to the press , and Taylor is incensed to find himself suddenly only a contender for a job to which he was appointed by the League 's president , Bill Fox , in August . |
| 19 | It would appear from the sequel that Lady Barbara would have been more reckless and that it was Hornblower 's caution which prevented the friendship from becoming a romance . |
| 20 | There 's something demeaning about Spielberg 's attempts to incorporate modern American youth culture : the Lost Boys ' rapping and skateboarding , more than anything , will prevent this movie from becoming a timeless classic . |
| 21 | Danny Baker reveals that Purves literally swam to ‘ Blue Peter ’ success — he first appeared in a life-saving item on the programme before becoming a regular . |
| 22 | His parents are well-off farmers in Somerset , and although he went to the prestigious Ampleforth school , he spent only a year after taking his A levels at agricultural college before becoming a BMW car salesman . |
| 23 | Mr Hann worked in the financial services industry before becoming a lawyer . |
| 24 | The disturbing qualities of the state itself may prove sufficient to prevent the non-medical use of ketamine from becoming an entrenched public health problem . |
| 25 | On making these decisions , her panic attacks stopped and were replaced by a mixture of emotions as she faced up to her fear of intimacy and commitment , and her excitement and uncertainty over becoming a mature student . |
| 26 | A worthwhile alternative to becoming a business tycoon is to devote your energies to voluntary work . |
| 27 | Second only to the family , his chief love was for the North of Scotland and in the mid-fifties he realised a life-time ambition by becoming the owner of a 26,000-acre estate in Sutherland and , typical of the man , here he turned this unit into a sound agricultural business as well as a sporting estate . |
| 28 | The House of Lords is tending in the direction of becoming a standing revision committee of the Commons . |
| 29 | One of the women on this Sunderland estate told me they all recognised the drive : " It 's part of becoming a member of the community instead of just a reckless teenager . |
| 30 | It 's all part of becoming a sailor . ’ |