Example sentences of "[pron] becomes the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Thus , if the index starts with a base figure of 100 in , say , January 1984 and rises to 300 by September 1990 , the index may be recalculated from October 1990 onwards by reference to the figure shown in the index for September 1990 , which becomes the new base figure of 100 .
2 This enhanced sense may derive from the deft , alert response of the musicians to David Lloyd-Jones 's direction , and certainly owes much to the magic of Jack Gibbons 's playing , which becomes the focal point of this performance .
3 But Jodi , a Rhodes scholar , will get her chance later this month , when she becomes the first woman to turn out for the men in the annual varsity match against Cambridge .
4 Other Carlton programmes to look out for include Head Over Heels , ( Jan 11 ) , a seven-part Fifties rock and roll drama featuring rebellious leather-jacketed teenager Camilla de la Mer who becomes the latest pupil at the Gracie Ellis Academy of Elegance .
5 15 ( 11 ) CALIFORNIA MAN : Comedy about a prehistoric man who becomes the trendiest guy in a modern high school .
6 Secondly , there are deeper connections between care-giving and the social construction of masculine and feminine identities , as Ungerson ( 1983 ) and Graham have explored : ‘ Caring ’ becomes the category through which one sex is differentiated from the other … it becomes the defining characteristic of [ women 's ] self-identity ’ ( Graham , 1983 , p. 18 ) .
7 It becomes the strong equivalence principle ( SEP ) which states the following :
8 When the amendment is carried , it becomes the substantive motion and when it is put to the vote you vote against it since you would prefer to give nothing rather than £15 .
9 When the pressure is expressed in atmospheres , the value of R is given by In SI units it becomes The general gas law for one mole of gas can now be expressed as where is the volume of one mole of the gas .
10 The matter was first drawn to our attention as far back as 1974 when the nuclear industry inspectorate 's chief inspector said this about the consequences of developing reprocessing in the United Kingdom : ’ The price for Britain of building lucrative business world-wide in nuclear fuel services could be that it becomes the dumping place for the world 's nuclear waste . ’
11 Moreover , the " Modern Whigs " say that whenever " the original contract is broken ( which breach the Junto of Whigs pretend to be only capable to give notice of ) it becomes the indispensable duty to resist " .
12 More importantly , it becomes the focal point in the player 's mind .
13 Erm , I 've been thinking that I ca n't chair this meeting and take the notes and things when it becomes , and if it , the fund comes through and it becomes the audio description project as opposed to this group , and you know we will be widening out a little bit , I wonder if we should actually have a chairman type person .
14 He becomes the prime minister of of a relatively united Italy erm in eighteen er eighteen sixty .
15 he becomes the Phantom Fiddler of the Playhouse .
16 CHRIS Balderstone will create history at Lord 's tomorrow when he becomes the first umpire to sit in judgement during a Test in England .
17 Driver Colin McRae is champion for the second year running … he 's won all six rounds of the home championship … and if he becomes the first Brit since 76 to win the rally he 'll land the bonus prize of a hundred thousand pounds …
18 If you want in Colossians chapter one in verse twenty seven , it 's , it 's given again very simply , again can I use J B Phillips , he puts it like this , he says the secret is simply this , Christ in you yes he says Christ in you , bringing with him the hope of all the glorious things to come , so what God does he comes in to this situation that 's marred that 's warped , that 's twisted and he comes in by himse , Jesus Christ comes into it , he becomes the central point , the focal point and that circle , it starts to get dealt with , that marred twisted like , it does n't happen being like that , we knew creation straight away , we do n't have to work at that , but he , as we allow him to dwell in us and to work out his purpose , he restores that relationship with God and God starts to fashion us , he starts to work on us and bring us back into how he originally created us .
19 Although the technical military details of loading and handling the gun and so on , of the angel paintings , is very precise — taken in fact from a Flemish military manual of 1607 — the ‘ common soldier ’ of the image in the manual is not retained : he becomes the gorgeous aristocrat .
20 Surely then he becomes the free man , the wandering spirit , the enjoyer of the limitless life ?
21 Turn your print on the ‘ splash back ’ 90 degrees and repeat for what becomes the bottom border each time .
22 Turn your print on the ‘ splash back ’ 90 degrees and repeat for what becomes the bottom border each time .
23 What becomes the English language starts as the dialect of a minority and is imposed upon the majority , usually by force , with legal punishments for those who refuse the schooling which will induct them in the national language .
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