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 | Coalition had become a political habit that would be quite difficult to break and had sapped the party 's confidence in itself . |
| 3 | The eyes had become a jet-black bar that flamed . |
| 4 | By this time Hill had become a recognized Evangelical leader in Oxford . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | There social science and social research had become an established and thriving part of the academic community from the beginning of this century . |
| 9 | His tremor had worsened in the past weeks , a mild oscillation had become a violent jerk of the head . |
| 10 | The pomeshchiks had become a substantial body and provided the military backbone of the State . |
| 11 | Industry had become an ideological battleground , caught in the left-right crossfire . |
| 12 | The statement of light had become a depressing and , at times , boring mess of discontent . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ In the village , my deformity had become the sole topic of conversation , ’ Panna told me . |
| 15 | By 1946 , Ghatak had become a Marxist activist , this was the year that the communal rioting leading up to Partition began in earnest . |
| 16 | The downside of the book is that it is written in a terribly deadpan style : ‘ At forty-five Picasso had become a successful man . |
| 17 | Over the space of a decade the CNAA had become a different organization . |
| 18 | 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 ’ . |
| 19 | Going out to work had become the normal pattern of their lives , not a deviant one . |
| 20 | With , until recently , so many ‘ deals ’ being done , agency work had become the high-profile end of surveying practice . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Beside him , Anwar had become an old man . |
| 24 | Ferruzzi Finanziaria had become a powerful force in chemicals as well as agribusiness through the acquisition of Montedison in 1987 . |
| 25 | By the twentieth edition synthesis had become a well-established mechanism for allowing detailed specification without resorting to exceedingly lengthy schedules . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Praag had become a living nightmare and a taste of what lay ahead if the Chaos armies conquered the rest of the land . |
| 28 | Many buildings of this period have been demolished for redevelopment since the War , so the Baltic Exchange had become a valued monument . |
| 29 | Immediately behind and above the waterfall , the sloping hillside had become a fifty-foot smooth rocky cliff , so that the water poured not only over the edge above , but out into the pool , leaving a ledge along which Bill Robins now beckoned me . |
| 30 | Looting had become a serious problem and there were no food shops which had any stocks left ; most were burnt out and vandalized . |