Example sentences of "[conj] it [adv] become a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it places so little emphasis on resistance to the dominant culture , that it either becomes a sort of ‘ toothless liberalism ’ ( Segal 1987 : 24 ) , or ignores politics completely . |
| 2 | As a successful town , it is not unlikely that it also became a pagus centre for part of the Dobunni and additionally the residence of the regionarius mentioned above ( p. 34 ) . |
| 3 | It naturalises itself so easily that it almost becomes a weed . |
| 4 | OK , so it eventually becomes an obsession , and someone has to kill to get the key , but it keeps the audience alert , particularly when there 's a late night knock at the door . |
| 5 | Membership of a " terrorist group " was punishable by five years ' imprisonment and it also became a crime to possess " directly or indirectly " written or recorded materials condoning " terrorist " activity . |
| 6 | I had not gone far before the rain started and it soon became a sluicing downpour that never abated all day . |
| 7 | It was severely under-funded , and it quickly became a horse infirmary primarily , and a teaching body secondarily . |
| 8 | And it never became an authentic co-operative . |
| 9 | The ‘ superstore ’ Failed to prove a viable proposition and it subsequently became a workshop for a specialist firm of motorcar body builders used by Rolls Royce cars , and only in more recent years has that business ceased and the premises redeveloped as office accommodation . |
| 10 | I started on the full golf tour , but it soon became a choice of golf or my family . |
| 11 | At first he may look funny chatting away silently but it soon becomes a bore . |
| 12 | Spectator sport may have been partially commercialized but it never became a capitalist leisure enterprise . |
| 13 | What I 've said is that I 'd like to see the existing C P O's become divisional staff at the division that they are working now so that the divisional commander can allow them to stay there holding hands with the new civilian C P O for up to six months if necessary because it then becomes a local decision as to when the when the two have that umbilical cut . |
| 14 | The one Non-Conformist chapel referred to in the article has been saved because it subsequently became a parish church and thus qualified for the fund . |
| 15 | Fern Lodge , Highgate , was one of their shorter stops , when it briefly became a centre of the literary universe . |
| 16 | Straw plaiting was a widespread cottage industry in and around the Chiltern Hills , but it has left scarcely a sign on the landscape , for it never became a factory industry . |