Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] become a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The eyes had become a jet-black bar that flamed . |
| 2 | The pomeshchiks had become a substantial body and provided the military backbone of the State . |
| 3 | The bright tangle of plants had become a funereal monochrome , and there was a dullness where there had previously been a dazzling glimpse of the Mediterranean . |
| 4 | They were just pleased that the movies had become a normal everyday activity . |
| 5 | By the autumn of 1917 , food queues had become a major grievance and demands for a more equitable distribution of food led to mass demonstrations and even strikes in many parts of the country . |
| 6 | While business studies had become a major component of CNAA-validated undergraduate courses , the DMS was the stepping stone into concern for part-time continuing education in the management field . |
| 7 | Despite few policy differences between the two major parties , the PNM exploited widespread fears that in agreeing to the temporary residence of 100 Haitian refugees , Robinson was seeking to change the racial mix in a country where race relations had become a major political and social issue . |
| 8 | After the first Age of Magic the disposal of grimoires began to become a severe problem on the discworld . |
| 9 | The creation of hollowings had become a difficult and energetic process , leaving Tallis weary for hours after . |
| 10 | Violence at and related to football matches had become a serious problem in the Netherlands in recent years . |
| 11 | It is also the culmination of a fifteen-year period in which the care of children had become a major political concern , the focus of media attention and public outrage , and an ideological battleground for rival pressure groups and experts . |
| 12 | The White Garden at The Tamarisks had become a celebrated feature of the guest-house , and guests who returned regularly brought cuttings and seeds from their own gardens to add to the all-white collection . |
| 13 | Michael decided the name Johnny Boy Gomes had become a convenient shorthand , a symbol . |
| 14 | The Moynihans accepted that sailors had become a regular part of Minton 's entourage . |
| 15 | Throughout the 1970s , in a gathering storm of discontent , the same accusations had become a dominant and characteristic feature of the social landscape . |