Example sentences of "[adv] become a [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It only became a god in Hellenistic times when it was worshipped under the name ‘ Aion ’ , but that signified a sacred , eternal time which was very different from ordinary time , chronos . |
| 2 | Once Edna had left school , she more or less became a fixture in the household and there was no doubt that Celia was a much happier and more tractable baby under her young but competent handling . |
| 3 | If you decide to stock the pond with fish , frogs may only become a nuisance in the spring , as unattached male frogs can cling onto the fish , causing them distress and have even been known to suffocate them by clamping onto their gills . |
| 4 | A natural action which only becomes a problem in excess and the foot continues to roll inwards . |
| 5 | He was a member of the Leathersellers ' Company ( and its master in 1638–9 ) , and from 1631 ran a wholesale linen-drapery business at St Margaret 's , New Fish Street , prospering sufficiently to become an undersharer in the farming of the customs . |
| 6 | Yet when the archbishopric finally became a reality in 968 , one sees that the emperor also had religious and pastoral considerations in mind . |
| 7 | And now he began to be more devout than ever in his prayers , more ardent in divine contemplations , more frequent in his vigils , more energetic in exhortations and in works worthy of imitation and more frequent in preaching ; thus becoming a pattern in word and deed of a holy life to all , Rich in the bowels of compassion , he relieved everyone who sought his assistance . |
| 8 | By the time I 'd asked him to come and play , he was already becoming a name in the pop music field . |
| 9 | LIFE-SIZE three-dimensional characters inspired by the popular saucy postcards of Donald McGill could soon become a feature in a seaside resort . |
| 10 | However , shopping can eventually become an end in itself . ’ |
| 11 | Mr Wright 's experience underscores many companies ' concerns about empowerment , which is rapidly becoming a buzz-word in enlightened management circles . |
| 12 | Public affairs is rapidly becoming a speciality in Britain . |
| 13 | It had started out as a panacea for one failed relationship and had quickly become a relationship in itself . |
| 14 | The possibilities of observing the communicative interaction of more than one ape is certainly something of a methodological breakthrough but it is a far cry from the use of language , observable in very young children , in which the exchange of information rapidly becomes an end in itself , rather than a means of problem solving , admittedly of a high order , which we know to exist in animals anyway . |
| 15 | Abel Smith II also became a partner in his family 's bank in Nottingham , whose management he took over on his father 's death in 1757 . |
| 16 | He entered Chichester Theological College and later became a curate in Lincolnshire . |
| 17 | The Lombard king was exiled to Neustria , and later became a monk in the Abbey of Corbey where he died in his old age . |
| 18 | He worked among the poor of the Shankill Road , and later became an evangelist in America . |
| 19 | Third World industry could also become an ally in promoting efficient technology . |
| 20 | Amongst other nationals was an outstanding Norwegian , Ma Christie — later to become a General in Norway 's air force . |
| 21 | Bunyan now became a hero in the prevalent Whig and Liberal school of history as a victim in the struggle for conscience and freedom of speech . |
| 22 | For Laura , work had now become an end in itself ; although some of her colleagues began to describe her as a workaholic it was more that she found working a pleasurable state . |
| 23 | Continuity of utterance now becomes an end in itself and lacunae in consciousness , gaps and verbal ‘ black holes ’ ( linguistic vortices ) , things to be avoided like the plague . |
| 24 | The difference , and the difficulty , for the television reporter is that he inevitably becomes a partner in this process of suppression . |
| 25 | The political directorate increasingly became a tool in the hands of the economic and military elites . |
| 26 | His account of the journey , Hadhramaut , some of its mysteries unveiled ( 1931 ) , immediately became a landmark in the description of Arabia . |
| 27 | George immediately became a fixture in the Palace side and , but for an occasional injury , he remained there for seven seasons . |
| 28 | Bratton was abandoned because making a living there was proving increasingly difficult ; William Charles and Ben the Outrider left Frome partly because it was fast becoming a town in recession . |
| 29 | By 1962 , in fact , it seemed not just that accommodation was possible , but that EFTA might well become a footnote in history . |
| 30 | She became a teacher at Lowood , as you did , and then became a governess in the house of a certain Mr Rochester . ’ |