Example sentences of "[verb] part of the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 They became part of the symbolic political language through which the riots were understood by policy makers and by popular opinion .
2 Other internal Scottish Region expresses to Aberdeen and Inverness also became part of the Provincial empire , even though their carriages were still branded ‘ InterCity ’ for many years after sectorisation .
3 The two most populous union territories , Pondicherry and Delhi , became part of the electoral college on May 7 by a unanimous decision of the Indian parliament ; elected members of the Pondicherry and the proposed Delhi legislative assemblies would thereby be able to participate in presidential elections .
4 On Oct. 3 the German Democratic Republic ( GDR or East Germany ) ceased to exist when the five Länder ( states ) which had been re-established on its territory in July 1990 [ see p. 37661 ] became part of the Federal Republic of Germany ( FRG , hitherto referred to as West Germany ) .
5 The deceased became part of the unchanging natural rhythm of the universe , the universe as he conceived it , encompassing the earth , the sky , the sun , the stars and the Underworld .
6 Fresh salmon and freshwater fish were not rationed but were price fixed and like game and poultry , usually became part of the black economy .
7 Again , despite widespread opposition from many sections of the community , the clause became part of the final legislation .
8 It was not until the French Revolution that democracy ceased to be a mere literary word , and became part of the political vocabulary .
9 As a cardinal deacon , he became part of the papal " civil " service , acting on occasion as auditor of lawsuits and witnessing administrative acts of the curia .
10 This philosophy , which became known as the ‘ Carter doctrine ’ , persisted into the presidency of his successor and became part of the conditioning material at play in later Washington reflexes .
11 By the time that Israel became part of the Roman empire , the idea was already widespread among the various religious sects that the ‘ End of the World ’ was at hand , although it was only for the Essenes of Qumran that this belief assumed a definite form ; that , whereas the First Judgement at the time of Noah had been destruction by water , the Last Judgement would be destruction by fire .
12 But 240–200 B.C. were exactly the years in which Greek epics , tragedy , comedy and historiography became part of the Roman way of life .
13 Greek philosophers and rhetoricians became part of the Roman establishment .
14 After the first world war the line became part of the Southern Railway and on summer Saturdays special trains hauled by massive locomotives brought hundreds of holiday-makers from London and the North .
15 When , in 1975 , PNG won its independence from Australia ( which had been running the place since 1949 ) , Bougainville formally became part of the new country .
16 On 1 January 1923 , the LNWR became part of the new LMSR Company .
17 Welfare services for the disabled became part of the new local authority social services departments and the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act was passed .
18 During this period , Aleppo 's status changed dramatically ; from being a major trade centre and quasi-independent Ottoman provincial capital , it became part of the new Syrian state and subordinate to the capital Damascus .
19 But when county boundaries were reorganised in nineteen seventy four it became part of the new county of avon .
20 Her resentment and disappointment became part of the awkward thrust she made to fasten Robert 's gardenia to her shoulder strap .
21 Situated at the head of the Cuckmere valley , on an impressive site in the heart of the Weald and protected by the great bend of the Cuckmere River , this site was chosen for an Augustinian priory in the 13th century and became part of the religious life of the time .
22 In 1894 he replaced ( Sir ) T. E. Thorpe [ q.v. ] as professor of chemistry at the Royal College of Science , which became part of the Imperial College of Science and Technology in 1907 , two years before Tilden retired in 1909 .
23 In other words , the small island communities modified their rules as conditions required , and such modifications became part of the collective cultural inheritance , to be called upon when new situations arose .
24 Sad , nostalgic , the countryside had hardly changed and , if I closed my eyes at certain parts , I was back with Master Benjamin and all those people , now long dead , travelling to a place where conspiracy , treason and sudden death became part of the very fabric of our lives .
25 Later , the restrictions solidified into blocks which became part of the genetic make-up of humanity .
26 From March 1743 he began to preach and built up a network of religious societies in Derbyshire , Cheshire , and south-east Lancashire , which soon became part of the Methodist organization led by John Wesley [ q.v . ] .
27 During the inter-war years attention shifted from the physical development of both infant and potential mother to the psychological needs of the child , whose satisfaction immediately became part of the prescribed duties of mothers .
28 In this " process of corporate bias " , what had once been merely interest groups crossed the political threshold and became part of the extended state .
29 Then suddenly they became part of the social background like film stars or professional football players .
30 This Fire Brigade was to continue as a Local Volunteer Force until the 1939–45 war when it became part of the National Fire Service .
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