Example sentences of "become [adj] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , it became possible for the intensity of development to be determined in advance by a local authority . |
| 2 | Mains went along in the provincial games , playing steadily , scoring points ( he became top for the tour with 132 , 53 ahead of Bryan Williams and 77 clear of the third , Sid Going ) . |
| 3 | In pre-Big Bang times there existed a widespread belief that the then existing regulatory framework was not only propping up an inefficient system but that it was also outmoded and fast becoming inadequate for the protection of investors . |
| 4 | On Nov. 6 , he took on the post of Prime Minister , thus becoming responsible for the Interior , Defence , and Russian KGB . |
| 5 | Most techniques so far used for increasing speed are now becoming inviable for the future , and new techniques must be developed . |
| 6 | In the adjusted analysis subfertility of the partner became indicative for the fertility of the woman because of the fact that within this subgroup women with lower fertility are over-represented among those entering a donor insemination programme . |
| 7 | In default of this being taken up , however , it became lawful for the mineral or metal to be disposed of as convenient . |
| 8 | We have already noted the stage at which it will become possible for the buyer 's conveyancer to approve the contract . |
| 9 | Basil 's widowed father , a natural son of the Earl of Sandwich , formed part of Wordsworth 's circle of London friends , and the proposal that Wordsworth and Dorothy should become responsible for the child was from the beginning an important part of their plans for life at Racedown . |
| 10 | He will now become responsible for the development of financial strategy and control throughout the Northumbrian group . |
| 11 | By instructing us you will become responsible for the payment of the costs and disbursements involved in pursuing your claim . |
| 12 | Only when the plays enter stabilising textual form do they become available for the type of sophisticated analysis critics undertake . |
| 13 | There is some repetition as the authors backtrack to report the same developments from different points of view and new characters are introduced ; the detailed mathematical discussions do become daunting for the non-specialist reader . |
| 14 | With the exhibition of Johannes Heisig , Tammen & Busch present a prominent young representative of the Leipzig School of painters , which became famous for the dissolution of figuration into shimmering points of colour . |
| 15 | By the mid-seventeenth century it had become normal for the wealth of the old people to be transferred to the next generation when they retired , perhaps in their sixties , but for the retired couple to retain houseroom in the family home ; and in order to make disputes less likely , these retirement arrangements were increasingly recorded in deeds . |
| 16 | No wonder that the thin 40kg ( 851 b ) Spectra has become universal for the plethora of medium-size stunters . |
| 17 | ( c ) It must have become impracticable for the consumer to identify the actual producer ( s. 2(3) ( b ) ) . |
| 18 | The British extreme right has also been particularly plagued by schism , exacerbated in part by political failure , after it has become impossible for the party to hide inherent divisions and tensions among its leaders . |
| 19 | Novell has become famous for the way it manages its relationships and believes that relationships are the way to conduct business . |
| 20 | By section 59(1) ( a ) of the Act of 1987 the event upon which a bank was deemed to have become insolvent for the purpose of compensation becoming payable was the making of the winding up order rather than the presentation of the petition . |
| 21 | The woollen industry was important here in the Middle Ages but , in more recent years , Shepton Mallet has become well-known for the production of cider and perry . |
| 22 | To this gloss on the idea that even a thief should have to screw his courage to the sticking-place , Johnson adds the argument that if all else he had written were lost , Shakespeare should have become immortal for the way in which he shows Macbeth ‘ distinguishing true from false fortitude in a line and a half ’ : In Johnson 's footsteps , these roads across Scotland 's shoulder become Shakespeare country . |
| 23 | The concepts of self-referentialism , strangeness and improbability , all central to Magritte 's paintings , were easily adapted and assimilated into his advertising , and again became important for the development of the genre . |
| 24 | Christ 's birthday only became important for the Church when infant baptism replaced adult baptism . |
| 25 | Significantly , he also became responsible for the development of the Board 's Chapter III provision in rural areas . |
| 26 | The durations prescribed by the Royal College when it became responsible for the curriculum and examination have steadily increased . |
| 27 | Thereafter , the Lord Chancellor became responsible for the Council on Tribunals , appointing its chairman and members , staffing it , and sticking up for it when it needed help against recalcitrant departments . |
| 28 | I became chief executive in 1971 and I then became responsible for the implementation of the plan . |
| 29 | By virtue of section 65(2) , that decision imposed on the council a duty to secure that accommodation became available for the occupation of the plaintiff and his family . |
| 30 | The person who makes the arrangements with the funeral director may be considered to have entered into a binding contract , and become responsible for the cost , even if they are not related to the deceased . |