Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] became a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a statute that contained ‘ protector of the weak ’ features , the Harter Act became a precursor of contemporary consumer protection law . |
| 2 | Stoddart quotes a great number of opinions on this subject : it seems that some authorities think that they may have been caused by a fall in sea level which meant that the reef flat became a barrier to water movement , so that surf became channelled down the outer edge of the algal ridge as it returned to the sea ; alternatively the spur and groove system may be the most effective form of baffle for dissipating wave energy and is caused by reef-building corals forming the spurs — the grooves , once formed , may of course be accentuated by scouring . |
| 3 | The yule log became a Christmas ‘ ingredient ’ ; many magic springs became holy wells , still capable of healing the sick . |
| 4 | Initially gaining a reputation for modding Marshalls and Fenders , Lee 's valve mastery became a legend amid the burgeoning LA musicians ’ scene at the turn of the '80s . |
| 5 | Suddenly intelligent rock journalism became a necessity . |
| 6 | Soon the little terrace house became a hub of domestic activity when not only his first daughter Eleanor Elizabeth played with his half brother but they were joined two years later by his second daughter , Florence . |
| 7 | The Home Guard became a joke for some and a remark once passed in my company was " What use do you think you would be against trained troops ? " . |
| 8 | Far from bringing an end to worry , home ownership became a struggle to stay in the place called home . |
| 9 | The two men were congenial and complementary partners , and Dobson 's small private laboratory on Shotover hill became a centre of international importance . |
| 10 | The watering place became a watering hole . |
| 11 | After this , West Riding Luddism entered a phase when machine breaking became a focus for wider grievances and tensions as disturbances spread out beyond the clothing districts into Rotherham and Sheffield , with raids in search of arms , bullets and money marking its final stages . |
| 12 | After the Macleods ' modest grandeur and great hospitality , Raasay House became a hotel , and now the bare boards of the Adventure School thud with young feet ; they sleep in bunks and merry community where Johnson had a room to himself , which , as he told Mrs Thrale , ‘ in eleven rooms to forty people was more than my share ’ . |
| 13 | Just a reply to that though if for instance the foyer bar became a jazz club and it was it was a the jazz club all the time then it would get a name of it 's own and it would get a reasonable quality . |
| 14 | The result was the Commons debate became a debate on the Meacher proposals , not the Fowler ones . |
| 15 | The UK 's New Towns have attracted international fame and study , and our approach to town planning became a model for the Commonwealth , Scandinavia , the Netherlands and Israel . |
| 16 | The discipline and profession of town planning became a beneficiary of this wider frame of social concern . |
| 17 | Now , for the first time , large body size became a possibility . |
| 18 | In the latter half of the nineteenth century the Guinness brewery became a city within the city of Dublin itself . |
| 19 | Individual members of society were encouraged to work to the best of their abilities and improve themselves , and a translation of Samuel Smiles , Self Help became a bestseller . |
| 20 | During the war these derelict pits were used for various purposes ; Lee 's or Houlder pit became a bomb and ammunition store for the R.A.F. The top pit of Batchelors was used by the Home Guard as a rifle range , and for other weapon training . |
| 21 | New words and phrases entered the language of education : open plan buildings no longer had classrooms , they had home bases or teaching areas ; the maths bay became a resource area ; teachers worked in teams ; the timetable was replaced by a continually renegotiable programme ; staff rooms were regarded as places of retreat but parents ' rooms were essential . |
| 22 | The defending Tory became a statistic in what Labour opponent Alan Milburn claims is the town 's 150pc crime increase during 13 Conservative years . |
| 23 | It was during the late 1770s that the long proposed Stroudwater canal became a reality and this signalled the start of a long war of words between the Company of Proprietors and the Purnells . |
| 24 | For three hours in the morning the dining room became a barber 's shop , with a queue of youngsters waiting for their short back and sides . |
| 25 | But disappointed students , brought up with the idea that studying the subject of their choice was their legal right , appealed to the courts , who agreed with them , and so criteria for student selection became a matter for central government . |
| 26 | As more people arrived to help , the Wapping Post became a focus for the ‘ refusenik ’ journalists , who got their nickname from their refusal to go to Wapping . |
| 27 | The 1914–18 war raised the question of state power point blank … from the moment the imperialist state threw tens of millions of people onto the stage of history and instantly revealed its colossal significance as an economic factor , the analysis of state power became a matter for theoretical and practical discussion . |
| 28 | The Belfast aircraft and missile plant became a bone of contention between Margaret Thatcher and John Major in 1988 when he was Chief Secretary to the Treasury . |
| 29 | Wally Smott 's mediocrity raised him above many of the managers who guided the club over the years , but Athletico reserved a bottom six position from 1951 to 1955 and Ken Mentle 's dream of League football became a nightmare . |
| 30 | The meeting closed with the presentation of floral arrangements to two Kent teachers , Hilda Lodge and Eleanor Pitman who had both started Medau in the early 50's as members of Dr. Anni Noll 's post-natal class and having enjoyed that introduction Medau became a way of life and they both went on to quality as Medau teachers and have both taught continuously in the Kent area ever since . |