Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] become a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On March 24 and 25 , the Pax Catholica association decided to become a political party . |
| 2 | Norsk Data restructured to become a holding company in October 1991 and transferred all operating activities to subsidiaries with separate financing . |
| 3 | By 1750 the buying and selling of government stock had become a straightforward routine . |
| 4 | Coalition had become a political habit that would be quite difficult to break and had sapped the party 's confidence in itself . |
| 5 | The eyes had become a jet-black bar that flamed . |
| 6 | By this time Hill had become a recognized Evangelical leader in Oxford . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 | The statement of light had become a depressing and , at times , boring mess of discontent . |
| 12 | By 1946 , Ghatak had become a Marxist activist , this was the year that the communal rioting leading up to Partition began in earnest . |
| 13 | The downside of the book is that it is written in a terribly deadpan style : ‘ At forty-five Picasso had become a successful man . |
| 14 | But England ceased to become a Catholic er country and we had the Reformation and the emphasis changed from people looking at these spectacular coloured windows to learn about the Bible bec er and people started to read , literacy came in . |
| 15 | Over the space of a decade the CNAA had become a different organization . |
| 16 | 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 ’ . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Ferruzzi Finanziaria had become a powerful force in chemicals as well as agribusiness through the acquisition of Montedison in 1987 . |
| 20 | By the twentieth edition synthesis had become a well-established mechanism for allowing detailed specification without resorting to exceedingly lengthy schedules . |
| 21 | Praag had become a living nightmare and a taste of what lay ahead if the Chaos armies conquered the rest of the land . |
| 22 | Many buildings of this period have been demolished for redevelopment since the War , so the Baltic Exchange had become a valued monument . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Looting had become a serious problem and there were no food shops which had any stocks left ; most were burnt out and vandalized . |
| 25 | He said this summer that the Warsaw Pact had to become a political rather than a military alliance . |
| 26 | Nano said that through Italian mediation Albania hoped to become a full member of the European Communities . |
| 27 | At the signing ceremony , Kravchuk endorsed the arms reduction treaty between Russia and the USA , but emphasised that while Ukraine intended to become a non-nuclear power , the summit treaties applied to Russia alone and Ukraine would be an independent party to any treaties stemming from former USA-Soviet Union agreements . |
| 28 | All his life Eddie would stop if an idea came to him , even in the middle of the road ; in the First World War shortsighted Dilly tried to become a night-time despatch rider , claiming that in the dark there was no difference between good sight and bad . |
| 29 | ‘ Of course , it is n't the Done Thing to poach people — let alone a whole unit — from an Ally , ’ George went on , ‘ but our East German operations had completely fallen apart , the place had become a total black hole as far as The Firm knew , and they were desperate . |
| 30 | By 1959 , the 1.7-square mile site had become a small industrial town in its own right and production peaked at 470,000 cars , trucks and tractors . |