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 . |