Example sentences of "[noun sg] become a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | La Rochelle , for example , established by a pariage agreement between Duke William X of Aquitaine and Louis VI of France in 1130 , grew in the second half of the century into the chief port for the export of Gascon wines to England ; the prospect of employment attracted immigrants , the settlement became a substantial town . |
| 2 | When mixed with warm water the powder became a dense paste which Frankie plastered all over her hair . |
| 3 | Ali proved a personal focus for his movements and the Nation of Islam became a forceful agent of cultural change amongst blacks , offering , through the leader Elijah Muhammad , a reassertion of the lost culture of black people with the creation of separate hospitals , schools , farms and industries . |
| 4 | The staff notice board became a crude depository of sixth-form humour , soft porn and actionable libel . |
| 5 | Mary Leapor at some point in her adolescence became a domestic servant . |
| 6 | Donaldson 's for instance became a German prisoner-of-war camp ; the Royal School for Deaf Children at Margate was taken over by the Corporation of Margate and used as the Civil Defence Headquarters , Food & Fuel Office , W.V.S. Headquarters , Emergency Police station , among a number of other wartime departments . |
| 7 | Consequently , the former Gong guitar wizard became a floating Orb member and founded his own ambient outfit , System 7 . |
| 8 | Captains had therefore to use their own resources to pay their men and bargain as best they could with the Exchequer ; but there is little evidence that delays in payment became a political issue . |
| 9 | Since association ( or multi-employer ) bargaining became a major part of the industrial relations systems of these countries the specific collective bargaining role of employers ' associations now requires more detailed analysis . |
| 10 | The case became a hot potato for the government when Mr Yang was offered political asylum by Taiwan , China 's old foe . |
| 11 | The case became a public examination of one of the most controversial episodes at the end of the Second World War when under the Yalta agreement the British were obliged to hand over to their authorities all East European prisoners . |
| 12 | They never in any case became a significant part of the newly emerging pattern , whereas the other four did . |
| 13 | Now the presidency and his executive branch became a political directorate , which increasingly aggregated political power within itself and away from the legislature . |
| 14 | But I also felt that the guitar became a different instrument when it was turned up to maximum and fully distorted — it was no longer a polyphonic instrument , really . |
| 15 | As more and more land was planted with cash crops , the lack of pasture became a serious problem in many districts . |
| 16 | Beyond the houses the lane became a rough track crossing a bridge towards the forestry development , climbing up through the young trees of the forestry and out on to open country towards the summit of Shunner Fell , where , after much bog-trotting and splashing about , we hit the line of ash palings that had been laid down here to stop further erosion of the Pennine Way but which had very largely sunk into the bog . |
| 17 | Their route became a steep scramble between white boulders speckled with green and grey lichen . |
| 18 | Light streamed from him , and his hair became a golden aureole about his narrow skull . |
| 19 | The men threw up their arms every time they shouted , and gradually what began as a confusion of noise became a solid roar of acclamation . |
| 20 | Her breathing became a tiny sound , a mew , and her hips rose from the bed . |
| 21 | What a holy place — but only insofar as in that place the Saviour became a human person and started his adventure of faith . |
| 22 | Today only Seagate is still up there among the leaders , IBM is still striving to build a serious OEM business , and the big names alongside Seagate are Conner Peripherals Inc , Quantum Corp and Maxtor Corp , with Hewlett-Packard Co becoming a bigger presence . |
| 23 | In practice , we will soon see desktop videoconferencing becoming a standard feature of computer communications . |
| 24 | When the novelty wore off , the female beggar 's gesture to the baby on her back and to her mouth became a standard plea throughout the world . |
| 25 | ‘ I mean , she would n't be capable of … ’ her mouth became a tight bunch of disgust , ‘ your … unnatural practices . ’ |
| 26 | A photographers platform on the platform-less side became a permanent fixture allowing photographers to get next to the lip to capture the action . |
| 27 | Two years ago I decided to study the subject and healthy eating became a major household experience as we tried and tested GH recipes . |
| 28 | For more than a year — ever since her début album became a worldwide number one — she had fiercely resisted every pressure to capitalise on her phenomenal record sales with a series of live stage shows . |
| 29 | Not only did the domestic rates disappear ( see below ) but the non-domestic rates levied on shops , offices and industry became a national tax , determined by , and collected by , central government . |
| 30 | What had been the cone of a volcano became a circular depression — we call it a caldera — some thirty square miles in area into which the sea poured . |