Example sentences of "become a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the second , public ownership has become a question to be settled on the merits of the particular case . |
| 2 | It had become a question of the district committee 's prestige ; they were determined to use any weapon ready to their hand to vindicate their authority , and grossly abused the quite frightening powers at their command . ’ |
| 3 | Alec had become a minister ! |
| 4 | Because er , he he he had given them of of how he had become a Christian , he had become a minister of Jesus Christ and so on , he says , for this reason I suffer these things , but I am not ashamed , for I know whom I have believed . |
| 5 | In the interim , she had become a bit ‘ bolshie ’ . |
| 6 | She 's become a bit of a star herself and I 'm very happy for her . |
| 7 | They have become a bit more open-minded now but they like to make changes slowly . |
| 8 | In recent days that particular visualization has become a bit more sophisticated . |
| 9 | The work 's become a bit more mysterious . |
| 10 | These cases are an indication of the liberal attitude currently being taken by the courts , which have obviously recognised that the old saying that a security on a dwelling is ‘ as safe as houses ’ has become a bit of a mockery . |
| 11 | It has become a bit tiresome of late . |
| 12 | The work 's become a bit more mysterious . |
| 13 | I asked Leppard to write them for me , because I felt that the standard cadenzas had become a bit worn out . ’ |
| 14 | I think I have become a bit more positive . |
| 15 | Norman had become a bit weary of struggling through the Edinburgh traffic jams from his home in Strathaven each day for 16 months since being asked by Peter Wood , then Managing Director of Financial Services Division , to take over the running of RBIS while a management consultancy exercise was carried out on the company by the Boston Consultancy Group . |
| 16 | The series has become a bit of a cult in the UK , with Victor becoming much better known than the actor who plays him , Richard Wilson . |
| 17 | Mind you he has become a bit of an opinionated arsehole recently … more like Jonathan King , or Nina Myskow — y'know being deliberately contentious to get people to write in . |
| 18 | As long as the controls are there to make sure they 're not wandering around all over the place which one hears about Group 4 and their reputation for letting people go which has become a bit of a joke . |
| 19 | She said : ‘ It was a very brave act and he 's become a bit of a star . ’ |
| 20 | Well I , I think after this er people have n't appreciated yet that they 've , the grounds have become a bit safer than they were the hooligan element seemed to be taking over , they have er closed circuit television now , at Walsall , so they can get to the hot spot of any trouble and er they erm the ground |
| 21 | The old party leader with the enigmatic smile is 67 and has become a person of greater symbolic significance than of real political potential . |
| 22 | The old party leader with the enigmatic smile is 67 and has become a person of greater symbolic significance than of real political potential . |
| 23 | The coca mafia have become a law unto themselves . |
| 24 | And then I got into this whole thing about what I call the invisible descender theory , which is a joke in my studio but it 's been going on for , you know , nearly twenty years so it 's become a law . |
| 25 | Most children would rather learn about Julius Caesar who was a real person with a long nose , killed by his own friends because he had become a dictator , than study the rise of Meroe or Axum which have little interest to an eleven-year-old . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Although I recognized the same black fire in his eyes , the farm boy had become a gentleman . |
| 28 | But then , just at the point where my doubts about the external world had become a crescendo and I was certain that revelation was nigh , some glitch would occur . |
| 29 | She suddenly realised she had passed from the survival phase to a phase where she could see that The Body Shop had become a retailing institution that was going from strength to strength . |
| 30 | Shildon said that the financial situation had become a mess and that records could be made to prove almost anything , but he did not believe there was a serious intention to prosecute . |