Example sentences of "[verb] developed into a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The preface to any argument for giving history an important position in the school curriculum of the 1990s must be an examination of the way in which history has developed into a multi-skilled discipline which has immense relevance to the general and vocational education of students .
2 Scientific debate about this has developed into a veritable battle of faith .
3 ‘ About art and commercialism , ’ said Brian , ‘ what you should say is this : that advertising has developed into a valuable art-form and the big international companies are the art patrons of today , but instead of just keeping one artist the industry employs thousands of talented people . ’
4 ‘ I was hoping it would have developed into a serious relationship , ’ he says , a line Best will recognise .
5 If the Scud attacks had provoked Israel into entering the war , experts say it could have developed into a global conflict .
6 At best it seems , a national strike would have developed into a bitter war of attrition which the unions , with their meagre resources , could only have lost .
7 Over recent years much work has been done to promote more positive images of women in mathematics , but this does not seem to have developed into a comparable awareness concerning race or class .
8 By 1684 it had developed into a key centre with its own voevoda , a full range of administrative buildings , warehouses , baths , a merchants ' hall , cottages for the garrison and civilian inhabitants , a guard house and a church in the centre .
9 Since its inception , however , it had developed into a complex web of regulations which prevented civil servants from participating in most political activities .
10 His quest for a wife had developed into a national pastime .
11 These are now telecast live , or slightly delayed , and have developed into a major part of the state-run television schedule on a Saturday afternoon — with the consequent spin-offs to the various sponsors .
12 Moscato , Gimbert , lock Mougeot and flanker Courtiols were hand-picked by wily talent scout Appriou three or four years ago and have developed into a formidable outfit .
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