Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [noun sg] became a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Controlling and adhering to announced targets for money supply became a test of the government 's will . |
| 2 | The discipline and profession of town planning became a beneficiary of this wider frame of social concern . |
| 3 | The 1914–18 war raised the question of state power point blank … from the moment the imperialist state threw tens of millions of people onto the stage of history and instantly revealed its colossal significance as an economic factor , the analysis of state power became a matter for theoretical and practical discussion . |
| 4 | Wally Smott 's mediocrity raised him above many of the managers who guided the club over the years , but Athletico reserved a bottom six position from 1951 to 1955 and Ken Mentle 's dream of League football became a nightmare . |
| 5 | Once dynamic loading was incorporated as a working feature — allowing operating system components , such as drivers , X-Windows and file systems , to be configured independently — the idea of a modularised , desktop operating system fitting into 4Mb RAM became a possibility , and work began on SVR4.2 ( Destiny ) . |
| 6 | But disappointed students , brought up with the idea that studying the subject of their choice was their legal right , appealed to the courts , who agreed with them , and so criteria for student selection became a matter for central government . |
| 7 | The two men were congenial and complementary partners , and Dobson 's small private laboratory on Shotover hill became a centre of international importance . |
| 8 | The UK 's New Towns have attracted international fame and study , and our approach to town planning became a model for the Commonwealth , Scandinavia , the Netherlands and Israel . |
| 9 | He was a South African like Albert , but eventually settled in England and after a period at York City became a postman . |