Example sentences of "[noun] had become [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | By 1750 the buying and selling of government stock had become a straightforward routine . |
2 | Iraq eventually announced on Aug. 28 that Kuwait had become the 19th Iraqi governorate ( liwa ) . |
3 | Coalition had become a political habit that would be quite difficult to break and had sapped the party 's confidence in itself . |
4 | The eyes had become a jet-black bar that flamed . |
5 | By this time Hill had become a recognized Evangelical leader in Oxford . |
6 | Thin streaks of cirrus lay parallel to the horizon , and between them the sun 's orb had become a well-defined sphere of a rich rose-crimson . |
7 | By 1542 , Henry 's fear had become the dominant emotion and he ordered Parliament to legislate against those who used incantations and practices of sorcery aimed at killing or injuring people , or destroying their goods and chattels . |
8 | On Page One , at the top of the TV news , the fight for the Democratic Party 's nomination for the Presidency of the United States had become a media-induced fight between two minorities : Jews and Blacks . |
9 | There social science and social research had become an established and thriving part of the academic community from the beginning of this century . |
10 | His tremor had worsened in the past weeks , a mild oscillation had become a violent jerk of the head . |
11 | The pomeshchiks had become a substantial body and provided the military backbone of the State . |
12 | It was February 3 : on Feb 4 , two years before , Richard Hadlee had become the first to reach this once-unthinkable total . |
13 | Industry had become an ideological battleground , caught in the left-right crossfire . |
14 | The statement of light had become a depressing and , at times , boring mess of discontent . |
15 | What appealed to both partners was that by doing so well in the revue , Ken had become an established comedy actor — not comedian , but comedy actor — and that was the kind they were looking for . |
16 | ‘ In the village , my deformity had become the sole topic of conversation , ’ Panna told me . |
17 | By 1946 , Ghatak had become a Marxist activist , this was the year that the communal rioting leading up to Partition began in earnest . |
18 | The downside of the book is that it is written in a terribly deadpan style : ‘ At forty-five Picasso had become a successful man . |
19 | Over the space of a decade the CNAA had become a different organization . |
20 | The philosophies of Rousseau and of David Hartley , whose work had become a powerful influence on Coleridge , convinced them both that ‘ Vice is not natural to Man ’ , and that given strong reasons for being virtuous , ‘ Man would approach very near perfection ’ . |
21 | Going out to work had become the normal pattern of their lives , not a deviant one . |
22 | With , until recently , so many ‘ deals ’ being done , agency work had become the high-profile end of surveying practice . |
23 | By 1093 , when the events I am about to describe took place , she was of marriageable age , about thirteen , and the question of her marriage had become a political issue of some importance . |
24 | To replenish the nursing stock the NHS had become the biggest public sector recruiter of qualified labour , taking one in three of female school leavers with between five " O " levels or GCSEs and two " A " levels . |
25 | A wide grin of delight had become a permanent fixture on his face , and Paul smiled at him in return as he cantered back to check the ox carts . |
26 | Beside him , Anwar had become an old man . |
27 | Ferruzzi Finanziaria had become a powerful force in chemicals as well as agribusiness through the acquisition of Montedison in 1987 . |
28 | By the twentieth edition synthesis had become a well-established mechanism for allowing detailed specification without resorting to exceedingly lengthy schedules . |
29 | For the anarchists , the POUM and sections of the Socialist left the social revolution within the Republican zone had become the chief reason for fighting fascism and , indeed , the only basis upon which workers and poor peasants could be expected to fight it . |
30 | Praag had become a living nightmare and a taste of what lay ahead if the Chaos armies conquered the rest of the land . |