Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] become [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's an interesting thought that the images of every day life that we all make today , will sooner or later become a part of this heritage . |
| 2 | By virtue of not developing , you stand still and eventually become an anachronism . ’ |
| 3 | The United States which had been supremely the country of the railway at the beginning of the twentieth century had just as dramatically and wholeheartedly become the country of the motor car , the Greyhound bus , and the aeroplane . |
| 4 | Had ICI focused earlier on shareholder value creation , he said , it would not have allowed a value gap to develop and so become a target for Hanson 's predatory schemes . |
| 5 | The worst fate that could befall any relative or follower was to be declared a ‘ broken man ’ : that is , either by punitive official proceedings or by some family banishment , to be removed from the protection of the surname and so become an outlaw , fair prey for any enemy , English or Scottish . |
| 6 | The dominant Labour Party included large sections of industrial South Wales which was openly hostile , fearing that devolution would separate Wales from the economic and social structure of England and perhaps become a paradise for linguistic nationalists . |
| 7 | He could throw his lot in with the Lord General , and perhaps become a governor of one of the colony worlds . |
| 8 | This attractive black-white mammal widely liked by people and already become a symbol of conservation efforts … |
| 9 | Third World governments need to help the submerged economy emerge and gradually become a part of the official one . |
| 10 | While in Rome in 1845 Mary met George Henry Sumner , son of Charles Richard Sumner [ q.v. ] , bishop of Winchester , who was to be ordained and later become the bishop of Guildford . |
| 11 | He had sailed before the mast in a windjammer , and then become a stoker . |
| 12 | HOLLYWOOD has stopped being the dream factory and instead become the poison factory , challenging conventional notions of decency , undermining the family , ridiculing religion and promoting contempt for authority . |
| 13 | The temptation was that the churches ' social work , begun as a way to win the unchurched as well as to help them physically , would cease being the means and instead become the end . |
| 14 | Thus , another teacher observed that " I think the Project has been successful in encouraging people to use the library … " but went on to say that the designated reference room had not as yet become a reality . |
| 15 | Certainly , it has not as yet become an issue of widespread social concern , despite the increasing problem with younger age groups . |