Example sentences of "[verb] become a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More recently , at a Roman Catholic retreat , where we were asked to use no book other than the Bible , the personal daily direction given became a memorable means of the Holy Spirit 's teaching , healing , and guiding . |
| 2 | But since microwaving became a recognised method of cooking on catering students ' curricula , the level of microwave knowledge sits equally alongside that of steaming , frying and grill work alike . |
| 3 | It was a modest success in its own way , enabling me to risk becoming a full-time freelance , and I shall always be grateful for that . |
| 4 | In just three weeks , the Supreme Soviet has become a real parliament , in the sense that every problem of national life feeds into it . |
| 5 | Finding a roof over your head has become a real problem for many more thousands of young people seeking a home of their own . |
| 6 | The pub has become a real community centre , and attracts locals from the villages . |
| 7 | He has become a real Telford native . |
| 8 | ‘ The Fatsia japonica under the stairs has become a real fatso , ’ Claudia pointed out , but she has a more manageable fatsia , which happily shares his pot by the street door by the Clematis montana ‘ Tetrarose . ’ |
| 9 | Writing in 1947 , Hogg ( later Lord Hailsham ) , presenting the Conservative Party case against the reforms introduced by the Labour government , felt that the rate of income tax ‘ has become a potent cause of social harm as well as a source of revenue ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ Subject to sections 7 and 8 below , a person who has become a rehabilitated person for the purposes of this Act in respect of a conviction shall be treated for all purposes in law as a person who has not committed or been charged with or prosecuted for or convicted of or sentenced for the offence or offences which were the subject of that conviction ; and , notwithstanding the provisions of any other enactment or rule of law to the contrary , but subject as aforesaid — |
| 11 | Since the early 1960s it has undergone a transformation as great as that of the nineteenth century and has become a new settlement with virtually no connection with agriculture or coal . |
| 12 | The smuggling of aliens , he says , has become a new source of money for the gangs ‘ and they are growing bolder by the month . ’ |
| 13 | Recording the fetal heart rate has become a fixed feature of intrapartum care ; we need to reconsider and remember that it is an extremely limited method for assessing the health of the fetus . |
| 14 | ‘ Because of the influx of television , video , radio , newspapers , and other means of mass communication , ’ they argued , ‘ the world has become a global village , making it possible to carry unhealthy materials from one side to another . ’ |
| 15 | The answer is that , for many of us , the cat has become a living toy rather than a real animal . |
| 16 | ‘ As you know only too well , ’ he wrote after leaving Broadlands on one occasion to embark on a six-month cruise , ‘ to me it has become a second home in so many ways , and no one could ever have had such a splendid honorary grandpapa in the history of avuncular relationships . ’ |
| 17 | Beck House , in Faverdale , has become a second home to many people in the area with learning difficulties . |
| 18 | There , even a home-grown ‘ soft ’ discounter called Kwik Save , which offers a slightly wider product-range at higher prices than true hard discounters , has become a firm favourite with retail analysts . |
| 19 | Small it may be , but as the centre of an area of prosperous little villages , it has become a thriving business centre , and is equipped with a wide range of sports facilities , while the admirably designed , flag-bedecked Thurgauerhof is a thriving centre for concerts , exhibitions and other events . |
| 20 | And since last October ‘ The Little Red Province ’ has become a pejorative term , like ‘ Reds ’ . |
| 21 | The library has become a closer ally of subject work partly because of the emphasis given by the national curriculum to study skills and information technology . |
| 22 | Once it meant political independence and freedom from commercial pressures , but given the increasingly prescriptive and bureaucratic nature of grant-aid that has become a dubious notion . |
| 23 | ‘ How shall the crimes that have their direct source in the immoral motion pictures be measured ? ’ he asked , before declaring , ‘ Catholics are called by God , the pope , the Bishops and the priests to a united and vigorous campaign for the purification of the cinema , which has become a deadly menace to morals . ’ |
| 24 | In some counties , such as Staffordshire , such a previously common wetland plant as reed has become a rare sight . |
| 25 | The repairs debacle has become a political battle symbolising the party 's awkward relationship to its own supporters . |
| 26 | In the last decade of the century , therefore , democracy and what may be called a ‘ democratic way of life ’ has become a political principle almost universally subscribed to , though its actual practice still remains very imperfect in large areas of the world . |
| 27 | The revelation that Canadian prices for new drugs are relatively high internationally has become a political issue . |
| 28 | If Nigel de Gruchy of the National Association of Schoolmasters and Women Teachers ( and there 's a catchy title if ever there was one ) can not weave any more magic into his protest than ‘ The national curriculum has become a political football being booted up and down the right wing of the Conservative Party , ’ he does n't deserve to be taken seriously . |
| 29 | Herbert Morrison attacked the Club in the December 1938 London News : There is ample evidence that the Left Book Club , through its groups , has become a political movement with substantial money behind it , and that one of its main activities is in the direction of manipulating and controlling local Labour Parties . |
| 30 | It has become a recognisable stage in the growth process to use external consultants . |