Example sentences of "[modal v] become the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Giving the opening address on June 19 , Gorbachev put forward the proposal that the conference should become the Russian Federation CP 's founding congress . |
| 2 | So , in a case where the seller was to build a yacht for the buyer and they agreed that on payment of the first instalment the vessel and all materials used in its construction should become the absolute property of the buyer , the court held that nevertheless no property passed on payment of the first instalment because at that time the boat 's construction had not commenced and the materials to be used had not yet been identified , McDougall v. Aeromarine of Emsworth Ltd. ( 1958 Q.B. ) . |
| 3 | It will show that , while older people organized themselves into pressure groups and old age itself became an increasingly attractive political issue , ultimately the organizations representing pensioners found themselves powerless to combat the notion that enforced retirement should become the normal experience for older people . |
| 4 | The new discipline of industrial archaeology , which emerged in the 1950s , was largely inspired by Rolt 's writing , and it was entirely appropriate that he should become the first president of the Association for Industrial Archaeology when this was founded in 1973 . |
| 5 | First , there is the acceptance that elected local authorities , via their social services departments , should become the prime agency in developing community care with the responsibility for the publication of community care plans for their area , the assessment of individuals ' needs for care , the purchasing of appropriate care and the inspection of all segments of the residential sector . |
| 6 | Even more unfortunate that the conceptually and semantically re-engineered case management should become the focal point of the new reforms , since it ( in the form of care management ) , and not other components , is likely to bear the brunt of criticism and dissatisfaction with unsatisfactory aspects of the community care reforms , and the major share of blame for their ultimate and probably inevitable ‘ failure ’ . |
| 7 | They are wonderfully portrayed in this study , which should become the English equivalent of Le Roy Ladurie 's Montaillou . |
| 8 | The route , via Donkey Lane , is lovely countryside and the experience should become the exact opposite of the stress and distress she obviously gets from driving . |
| 9 | Before the death of Felix five leading churchmen of the civitas arranged that the archdeacon Garivald should become the next bishop , since such a succession was the norm . |
| 10 | One of the moments of greatest strain came during the meeting at Ashford Castle in Ireland ( April 1990 ) when it appears that the Germans suggested that the Deutsche Mark should become the single currency . |
| 11 | He really said it all to me in a comment some years ago : ‘ The ICM must become the accepted mirror of the credit scene , and we must be wary of some things which can break the reflection . ’ |
| 12 | Age discrimination is so intertwined with the social fabric that legal action must become the major objective . |
| 13 | BRITAIN MUST BECOME THE CAPABLE COUNTRY OF EUROPE . |
| 14 | 4 As soon as s/he sits in the hot seat , this person must become the chosen character . |
| 15 | Then as the boom goes on she 'll become the Professional Interviewee , the great literary relict . |
| 16 | Local languages must become official republican languages , but Russian might become the official language of the USSR as a whole . |
| 17 | He could appreciate that a collection might become the last refuge and hope for survival of an endangered species , but the knowledge did little to modify his response ; apart from the dogs ' home where he 'd once been bought a sick puppy , it was one of the saddest places he knew . |
| 18 | He notes the self-perpetuating nature of modern mass production : ‘ Thus vast supplies of products come into existence which call forth an artificial demand that is senseless from the perspective of the subject 's culture ’ ( 1968 : 43 ) , and argues that just as academic pursuits such as philology and archaeology , which start with certain aims , may develop as methods creating infinite classificatory refinements for their own sake , so people may become the mere instrument of that which they originally developed : ‘ The infinitely growing supply of objectified spirit places demands upon the subject , creates desires in him , hits him with feelings of individual inadequacy and helplessness , throws him into total relationships from whose impact he can not with-draw , although he can not master their particular contents ’ ( 1968 : 44 ) . |
| 19 | At the same time we can relish the days more and more , and search in their interstices for the hidden treasures and thus our lives may become the supreme adventure and treasure hunt of the transcendent . |
| 20 | For example a big pesticide firm may become the only outlet for a seed resistant to its own weedkiller chemicals , which could force farmers in developing countries especially into potentially ruinous dependence . |
| 21 | Not only is this important in order to be able to find the site again and to make others aware of its existence , but such details may become the only record of the site . |
| 22 | The Alliance of Small Island States , which includes Cyprus , Malta , the Caribbean islands , Maldives , Seychelles , and many Pacific territories , fear that they may become the first victims of global warming . |
| 23 | There is a danger that parents may become the new fashion , the non-political perfect solution to any aggressive problem arising between the local and the national . |
| 24 | That may become the central issue of democratic socialist politics , not only in Britain , but elsewhere in Europe , in the nineties . |
| 25 | The first paragraph reads — ‘ The Sub Committee have fully considered the question of the formation of the Club and are anxious to devise a scheme by which eventually the Links may become the absolute property of the Members of the Golf Club . |
| 26 | There 's a depth here which goes far beyond pint-glass level and uncovers a songwriting strength which may become the big POD ace in the pack . |
| 27 | In consequence residential workers may become the main caregivers for young people in residential care . |
| 28 | Your faith then may become the dominant factor in any healing that might take place . |
| 29 | In his last years Monet stumbled upon the exquisite notion that colour in itself could become the first subject for his art ; painting has never looked back/ |
| 30 | As a result it could become the first estate in the area to have a 20mph speed limit introduced . |