Example sentences of "become [adj] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In fact , it was only as a consequence of this earlier work of literary , linguistic , and historical categorizing that it became possible for a sense of national and vernacular " ancestry " to challenge the cultural and educational rule of the classical languages and literatures .
2 It was not until the Life Peerages Act 1958 that it became possible for a woman to be created a life peer and sit and not until the Peerage Act 1963 that hereditary peeresses in their own right were allowed to join them .
3 The press reacted in familiar manner , with The Times observing that it was ‘ becoming unsafe for a man to traverse certain parts of London at night ’ .
4 He began to whistle now , accompanying it with a little shuffle of his feet which brought a wide grin from Joe ; then becoming serious for a moment , he said , ‘ You knew , I do appreciate Martin getting leave to come home for my twenty-first .
5 Carrie could hear his cooing to the child and the answering wail of discomfort and her face became serious for a moment or two .
6 It was a joke , but Zurachina 's face became thoughtful for a moment .
7 For others it may become infrequent for a number of reasons , such as :
8 If the pews can be removed without incurring too much damage , a large area of floor space will become available for a range of activities — open-plan office use may be one of the most profitable and least damaging .
9 Commercial quality Architecture-Neutral Distribution Format installers will become available for a range of architectures , as will a reference implementation of the thing using public domain GCC compilers .
10 Commercial quality ANDF installers will become available for a range of architectures , as will a reference implementation of ANDF using public domain GCC compilers .
11 The significant point here was that if four hours each week were devoted to the teaching of Science , the School would become eligible for a grant of £150 a year , under a scheme recently introduced by the newly-created Board of Education .
12 During the treason trials Tixier-Vignancour became notorious for a tactic known as ‘ the defence of blackmail ’ when he repeatedly threatened to call eminent witnesses such as General de Gaulle and the Prime Minister Michel Debre , hinting that they too were involved in criminal plots .
13 Moreover , one of the gratifying aspects of attaining state retirement age is that you become eligible for a variety of benefits , for example : concessionary travel , free national health service prescriptions , cheaper theatre and cinema tickets ( usually matinees ) , reduced entrance charges for exhibitions and a wide choice of special holiday offers .
14 It became common for a register or matricula of names to be kept .
15 Eventually it became necessary for a place of safety order to be made and for care proceedings to be instituted .
16 The assessment of the suitability of the college to undertake CNAA degrees was carried out by the Council , and board members would be kept informed of the Council 's views when relevant : ‘ it frequently becomes unnecessary for a subject board to consider any matters other than those directly related to the operation of a particular course of study . ’
17 In social anthropology this becomes important for a variety of reasons .
18 When , for example , a previously repressed anger comes back into consciousness and it becomes safer for a person to acknowledge his hostility , desire is also freed .
19 When it becomes necessary for a bank to liquidate some of its liquid assets in order that it may then have a desired liquidity position , it will , as has been explained , sell to other banks or discount houses .
20 Rory , jammed sideways as Arthur Dooley walked back into the action like King Kong , managed to become separated for a while .
21 The Olympic dual silver medal-winning three-day event rider and the Edinburgh Woollen Mill 's pensioned-off steeplechaser require to add one more success to their comprehensive pillar-to-post victory at Bogside , Irvine , last Saturday , to become eligible for a tilt at the Foxhunters Hunter Chase at jump racing 's Cheltenham National Hunt Festival in 20 days ' time .
22 But it is not difficult , ’ said Cadfael , ‘ to become unnoticed for a while .
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