Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] become a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It 's an interesting thought that the images of every day life that we all make today , will sooner or later become a part of this heritage . |
| 3 | I 'd rather take that approach , and what I would suggest is that , wherever possible , teachers should think about involving parents in the kinds of difficulties that the child is having in school , and thereby becomes a team effort rather than parents working one direction and perhaps teachers working in another . |
| 4 | In ancient times this magnificent monument must have been much admired and it is hardly surprising that Imhotep was remembered as a great man and eventually became a god . |
| 5 | He began by building up the scout movement in the NorthEast and eventually became a scout commissioner . |
| 6 | The leather baggage and glass cosmetic pots of the day were too heavy to take on the plane but she managed to find lighter substitutes and so became a pioneer of lightweight luggage , as well as a pioneer female passenger . |
| 7 | Had ICI focused earlier on shareholder value creation , he said , it would not have allowed a value gap to develop and so become a target for Hanson 's predatory schemes . |
| 8 | The dominant Labour Party included large sections of industrial South Wales which was openly hostile , fearing that devolution would separate Wales from the economic and social structure of England and perhaps become a paradise for linguistic nationalists . |
| 9 | He could throw his lot in with the Lord General , and perhaps become a governor of one of the colony worlds . |
| 10 | Yet Louth-born Wilkinson was a midfield player as a schoolboy and only became a forward by accident . |
| 11 | But then again , the Golden Höfner was the flagship of the company 's electric hollow-bodied range between ‘ 59 and ‘ 62 and naturally became a platform for showing just what could be done . |
| 12 | What would be more difficult would be for each group to resist both poles of power ( management and union ) and not become a caucus or adjunct of either . |
| 13 | This attractive black-white mammal widely liked by people and already become a symbol of conservation efforts … |
| 14 | Chaucer 's Reeve , for Olson , is revealed as a judge who will not temper strict retributive justice with mercy , and thus becomes a character who is liable to strict justice himself . |
| 15 | The opening thrust of ‘ The Headmaster Ritual ’ brought immediate impact and soon became a favourite with all who had bad experiences at school ( which is everyone ) . |
| 16 | Under William and his son — and successor — Joseph Dalton Hooker ( 1817–1911 ) , Kew began to acquire facilities for studying exotic plants and soon became a centre of international importance . |
| 17 | In 1848 he became MRCS ( and soon became a fellow ‘ by examination ’ ) and in the following year was awarded the college 's triennial prize for an essay on the nerves of the eye . |
| 18 | Greece applied for membership in 1975 and finally became a Member State on 1 January 1981 . |
| 19 | Third World governments need to help the submerged economy emerge and gradually become a part of the official one . |
| 20 | He was one of the first eminent European scientists to make a career in the USA , and rapidly became a lion : his lectures and books were popular , and he built up a school and museum at Harvard . |
| 21 | Arthur Ramsey gave Michael a book by a scientist ( Romanes ) who was once an atheist and later became a believer . |
| 22 | The Lombard king was exiled to Neustria , and later became a monk in the Abbey of Corbey where he died in his old age . |
| 23 | She became chairman of the orchestra and later became a member and chairman of the Keswick Music Society . |
| 24 | And one of the most experienced U-boat commanders , Adalbert Schnee , who had been on sixteen patrols and later became a member of Dönitz 's staff , gave evidence that it was contrary to orders to kill survivors and that there could be no excuse for what Eck had done . |
| 25 | He entered Chichester Theological College and later became a curate in Lincolnshire . |
| 26 | He had been Head of Geography from 1919 until his retirement in 1953 , and later became a Governor , representing the staff of the School . |
| 27 | To cut a long story short , the church was granted special provision to use the building twelve months before it became generally available ; I was elected to the executive and later became a trustee of the community centre . |
| 28 | A motor vehicle which is being towed by another motor vehicle both remains a motor vehicle and also becomes a trailer . |
| 29 | In this year , he was appointed President of the English Circle of Books Across the Sea , and also became a member of the Apollo Society which was dedicated to reviving " the neglected art of reading poetry and to show that poetry and music can be regarded as complementary " . |
| 30 | He had sailed before the mast in a windjammer , and then become a stoker . |