Example sentences of "it become independent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet all but one of Costa Rica 's 38 presidents , since it became independent in the 1840s , shared descent from a single conquistador , Cristobal de Alfaro ; he was also a progenitor of seven presidents of next-door Nicaragua , two of El Salvador , and one each of Guatemala and of Honduras . |
| 2 | But Ukraine , though it renounced nuclear weapons when it became independent in 1991 , is now hesitating to ratify START 1 and the Lisbon protocol , and to accede as a non-nuclear state to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ( NPT ) . |
| 3 | This has been Guyana 's flag since 1966 when it became independent from Britain . |
| 4 | Namibia would be invited to accede once it became independent in April 1990 . |
| 5 | Following Japan 's defeat in 1945 , Korea was divided ; South Korea was occupied by United States forces until it became independent as the Republic of Korea in August 1948 . |
| 6 | The French influence here was even greater than in Spain and in the eleventh century the northern region had broken free to become a satellite of Burgundy , though later it became independent . |