Example sentences of "[adv] become [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The upmarket London furniture store Heals , fashion chain Richard Shops and finally British Home Stores were absorbed into the group , which eventually became known as the Storehouse group . |
| 2 | Car 68 was withdrawn and replaced in the following year by a modernistic design , which eventually became known as the Bandwagon . |
| 3 | Six hundred people in the business coughed up £2 10s 0d each , thereby becoming known as the Noble Six Hundred ; subsequent donations and the proceeds of Royal Variety performances meant that a nursing wing was added two years ago , and today there are 36 residents with a staff of 60 to look after them . |
| 4 | The blades , twisted like tentacles , were then dumped in the corner of the field , near a hangar , which of course swiftly became known as the Octopus Den . |
| 5 | It only became connected with the miracle because both events took place in the same village . |
| 6 | He had only become involved after the defendant 's negligent act . |
| 7 | The Bolsheviks had suddenly become exposed to the full blast of inter-state competition . |
| 8 | However , if one maiden is foolish or churlish enough to become upset by the sight of Fossegrim , he could well overturn the boat from spite . |
| 9 | Those condemned to lose soon became irritated by the game ; and to the extent that the winners enjoyed the game , they ceased acting in a comradely spirit . |
| 10 | It was deserted and quiet , and she soon became absorbed in the chapter on leukaemia . |
| 11 | She soon became intrigued by the possibilities of the medium , acquired practical skills , and went on , in the 1960s , to establish her own portrait studio in Hampstead . |
| 12 | One year after Brooklands opened , A V Roe , one of Britain 's aviation pioneers arrived on site , other aviators followed , flying schools were set up and Brooklands soon became known for the ‘ art of aviating ’ . |
| 13 | Prior to the setting up of the CIVC , the single most effective body responsible for guarding the quality of Champagne today , a decree was passed on 28 September 1935 creating an inter-professional organisation called the Commission Spéciale de la Champagne , which soon became known as the Commission de Châlons because its meetings were held in the Prefecture ( the administrative centre ) at Châlons-sur-Marne . |
| 14 | The pulse code modulated recorder , using either plastic or steel tape or wire as the recording medium , soon became known as the ‘ second generation ’ type of FDR , and in due course the USA introduced American versions in some of their wide bodied jets and called them DFDRs — digital flight data recorders . |
| 15 | It was Cuvier 's English followers who did much to open up what soon became known as the ‘ age of reptiles ’ . |
| 16 | Dotrice , who comes from a showbusiness family — her father is actor Roy — had been acting since childhood and soon became known as the long-suffering wife of television 's most disaster-prone character . |
| 17 | Dositej entered the Hopovo monastery in the Fruška Gora at the age of sixteen , but he soon became disillusioned with the restricted life of a monk and two years later he escaped . |
| 18 | They thus became excluded from the social networks of employed people which are vital for job-acquisition ( Callender , 1986a ) . |
| 19 | US dollars thus became owned by the exporters to the US . |
| 20 | What actually happened was that she somehow became separated from the others , decided to walk to work and fell in a ditch on her way up the hill . |
| 21 | The half inch I 'd added to the 5ft 8in , somehow became attached to the 5ft 9in . |
| 22 | How may Catholics ensure that the Eucharist does not become separated from the salvation it witnesses to in Christ ? |
| 23 | Thus it is critically important that an antiviral agent does not become incorporated into the host 's nucleic acids , or those works too could be jammed , with devastating consequences . |
| 24 | If the statement does not become incorporated into the contract it is said to be a representation ; something said in the course of the negotiations leading up to the contract itself . |
| 25 | The policy goals which governments seek to secure include : investor confidence , consumer protection , safety , and soundness among financial institutions , efficiency , competition , and the need to ensure that economic power does not become concentrated in the hands of any one sector of the financial services industry . |
| 26 | In that year , a separate society of practitioners was formed , which did not become amalgamated with the College 's society . |
| 27 | It is important that the design process does not become divorced from the end users . |
| 28 | However , during late pregnancy and early lactation , such treated ewes will soon become reinfected from the ingestion of overwintered larvae on the pasture . |
| 29 | I think if you do n't do that , you 'll very easily become over-influenced at the time by the fact that it is a crisis you 're dealing with . |
| 30 | On thawing in spring the fine soil collapses and falls past the stones , which thus become isolated at the surface and encircle the actively freezing and thawing material . |