Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] have become a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian Wright has become a player who holds the key for the two Grahams , George and Taylor . |
| 2 | After a string of commercial flops , Richard Gere has become a superstar once more with his starring role in PRETTY WOMAN , a contemporary updating of Pygmalion which enjoyed massive success in the US . |
| 3 | But Alf Gover has become a sort of universal grandad . |
| 4 | The Central African Federation , embracing the Rhodesias and Nyasaland , had broken up under African nationalist pressures at the end of 1960 ; the West Indies Federation had gone much the same way during 1961 ; and South Africa had become a republic and left the Commonwealth that year . |
| 5 | In recent months , students allege , the Barnes Collection has become a stop for special private visits by celebrities visiting Philadelphia , in violation of Barnes 's will ) . |
| 6 | There , research into the antecedents of the Al Fayeds had become a cottage industry . |
| 7 | Deborah Warner has become a cult figure for stark and emotive work . |
| 8 | By 1960 , Sir Frank had become a site manager and three years later , as Managing Director of the construction company , Pozemni Stavby Zavbod Opava , he gained a place at Brno Technical University to study construction . |
| 9 | Prince Adelchis had become a client or patrician at the court of Constantinople ; this left Charles free to have himself proclaimed as king in Italy . |
| 10 | Matthew Glynn had become a subject : ‘ Caucasian male , aged fifty-two … |
| 11 | The problem is Mr Ramos has become a focus of discontent among younger officers who see the retired general as politically ambitious and militarily incompetent . |
| 12 | Mr Fox had become a millionaire through his marine insurance company in Liverpool . |
| 13 | The Liverpool waterfront has become a magnet for tourists from near and far . |
| 14 | Before 1972 no treaty to which the United Kingdom had become a party had been capable of directly altering the law of England or of Scotland . |
| 15 | During its six days in Havana harbour the St Louis had become a tourist attraction , and its departure was watched by an estimated crowd of 100,000 . |
| 16 | Raised amidst memories of defeat by Prussia in 1870 , de Gaulle had become a soldier and developed an almost religious belief in French greatness . |
| 17 | However , once West Germany had become a reality , he modified his position . |
| 18 | Instantly , the Kharkov base had become a hive of frenetic activity , preparing to swarm . |
| 19 | E. Harwich has become a ferry port , or packet station , mainly for passengers to the Hook of Holland and on to northern Europe and West Germany . |
| 20 | The able , eloquent Allan Savory has become a friend . |
| 21 | Among many other activities of other fellows we may record that Professor Anna Davies gave the Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures at Harvard University , that Barbara Harvey has become a member of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts , and Hilary Ockendon a deputy director on OCIAM , the Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics . |
| 22 | In the eyes of some observers , Rio Tinto has become a force in Cornish mining for reasons that have little to do with the profitability of the mines . |
| 23 | The February meeting was the first of its kind to be hosted by Saudi Arabia , which opposed a major role for the Shi'ite opposition in a future Iraqi government , but now considered that the ousting of Saddam Hussein had become a priority . |
| 24 | At a later meeting of all the chiefs , in the palace , a proclamation was read out detailing the acts which had convinced the ministers that Lij Yasu had become a Muslim . |
| 25 | DELIGHTED Dawn Eddery has become a mum — thanks to a hospital waiting list . |
| 26 | To Harriet Sally had become a surrogate mother and after she had married Hugo that position had been strengthened so that Harriet had felt secure and loved , never questioning her importance to the people who were important to her . |
| 27 | In this Windle and Maidwell are described as glass sellers , whilst Thomas Gunson has become a pawnbroker . |