Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] become [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Western banks are even more reluctant to part with cash , seeing the possibility that East European borrowing could become the Third World debt problem of the 1990s . |
| 2 | Should the shareholders of Tyne Tees accept their directors ' recommendation the combined group will become the third largest television company in the UK . |
| 3 | Televisa administrators project that this year the organisation will become the fourth largest presence in Europe . |
| 4 | This sawn surface will become the first face of the section , and it is lapped with paraffin oil and 600F Carborundum on the precision lapping machine . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Orion 's plans have caused consternation among Intelsat officials , who are worried that the craft could become the first of many operated by private companies to ‘ cream off ’ traffic from the lucrative telecommunications route between North America and Europe . |
| 7 | The assignment would be a challenge which she would enjoy and , if it turned out successfully , maybe interior decorating could become a second string to her tiles ? |
| 8 | The Bristol and West will become the first building society in Britain to use customer profiles to determine interest rates when the scheme is introduced in the middle of next year . |
| 9 | Guy's/St Thomas 's Hospital could become the second major centre , although it faces competition from the Royal Brompton/Chelsea and Westminster for the provision of paediatric cardiac services , and from St George 's linked to the Royal Marsden ( Sutton ) for cancer services . |
| 10 | 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 . |