Example sentences of "[conj] become a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can also be danced sur les pointes or become a spacious preparation into some grand assemblé or saut de basque en tournant as in many Petipa solos . |
| 2 | You would not say that it was a part of anything around you — it does not attach itself to things or become a particular quality that they have . |
| 3 | The question of whether a statement made during the course of negotiations remains a mere representation or becomes a contractual term , turns on the intention of the parties . |
| 4 | There is also Hitsville , the Motown museum , housed in the tiny two-storey house that became a 60s legend . |
| 5 | A passenger looking out of the right-hand window of the carriage after the train for Bishop 's Castle had clattered over the pointwork away from the Shrewsbury and Hereford joint line , to curve westwards into the Onny valley , would have seen a small timber platform marking the site of a temporary station that became a permanent feature . |
| 6 | I am still ambitious — to fulfil myself rather than become a managing director . |
| 7 | It is hoped that the proverbial geomorphological cuckoo in its geographical nest will stretch its wings and fly , rather than become a grounded ostrich . |
| 8 | Rather than setting unrealistically high expectations that you then fail to realise , or low expectations that become a self-fulfilling prophecy , take time out to sit and visualise a situation going well . |
| 9 | However , once the second wave is present , with wavefront , the above result states that becomes a space-time singularity even for . |
| 10 | My enthusiasm for that outcome will be increased with every hospital that becomes a market-orientated trust , every school which becomes self-governing and effectively selective , every Muslim family which is divided by arbitrary immigration regulations and every youth who is driven to sleep in a shop doorway . |
| 11 | The fine print says that to become a technical member , the organisation or company in question must already be a member of one of the councils . |
| 12 | Lacking economic dynamism and political weight , the townsmen aspired no higher than to become a closed caste heavily burdened by duties to the State . |
| 13 | Will Hay created the role of the seedy , blustering , and ineffectual teacher to such effect that his name remains a byword for the caricatured schoolmaster , and , usually with a small company of two or three ‘ boys ’ , he topped variety bills across the country , made successful trips overseas , and became a noted radio performer . |
| 14 | It passed out of the family 's hands and became a mental hospital in 1935 . |
| 15 | Brazil achieved independence from Portugal in 1822 and became a federal republic in 1889 . |
| 16 | France imported considerable numbers in the 1850s and 1860s and became a useful reservoir of lines which were later extinct in England . |
| 17 | You made a lot of money and became a powerful man , did n't you , Adolph ? |
| 18 | The youngest of the family , John , was quite unlike his brothers and became a Spanish Merchant . |
| 19 | ‘ The first Congress of People 's Deputies was held and became a political sensation . |
| 20 | Disgusted by the reaction to his last few films , Dustin locked himself in his New York home and became a virtual recluse . |
| 21 | Bobby rejoined his former Swindon boss , Bert head , at Selhurst Park and became a prominent member of Palace 's sides in the late 1960s . |
| 22 | For a while the breed flourished and became a regular winner of dairy-class prizes , but the Second World War saw the start of a decline , though the breed society was revitalised in 1948 . |
| 23 | He had asked John Prior Estlin for letters of introduction to the Unitarian ministers at Bridgwater and Taunton , and became a regular preacher in both towns for as long as he remained at Stowey . |
| 24 | It emerged from the First Annual Conference on Library Orientation for Academic Libraries in the USA in 1971 , and became a working reality as Project LOEX in 1972 . |
| 25 | During the following years , the mill lost its agricultural links and became a substantial iron and wire works . |
| 26 | Ian was a bright young striker who , after helping the Palace Juniors win the FA Youth Cup in 1977 , forced his way into the League side and became a key member of our 1979 2nd Division Championship line-ups , scoring several invaluable goals , including the first one in the decisive victory over Burnley which clinched the title in the final game of the season . |
| 27 | In 1898 he began observing the habits of wild birds in earnest , making detailed notes on the spot , and became a key pioneer ( as observer and interpreter ) in the ethological study of bird behaviour , introducing the words ‘ bird-watcher ’ and ‘ bird-watching ’ into the language and producing a large output of influential scientific papers and books — the latter including Bird Watching ( 1901 ) , The Bird Watcher in the Shetlands ( 1905 ) , Bird Life Glimpses ( 1905 ) , Realities of Bird Life ( 1927 ) , Thought-transference — or What ? — in Birds ( 1931 ) , and Evolution of Habit in Birds ( 1933 ) — as well as many essays ( mostly in the Saturday Review ) and several other books on popular natural history and for children . |
| 28 | In 1980 , 1981 , and 1985 major riots in Bristol , London , Liverpool , and Birmingham commanded the headlines and became a key theme in policy debates about the future of the inner cities . |
| 29 | She led the YORKSHIRE branch of the Medau Society when it was formed in 1956 and became a key figure in the area . |
| 30 | It was set up in 1981 and became a limited company in 1990 . |