Example sentences of "what become a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the millennia , other wrecks and crippled vessels were welded to the first , in whole or in part , or were crashed into place in what became a vast assembly kilometres across and deep . |
| 2 | Akehurst 's passion for the subject of international law led him to embark on the writing of what became a standard student textbook , A Modern Introduction to International Law . |
| 3 | Inevitably , it had been parodied in the Eye as Men of the Past , awakening in Branson the first stirrings of what became a lasting sensitivity to adverse publicity . |
| 4 | E. John Brown started what became a famous shipyard , now called Govan Shipbuilders , at Clydebank , in Glasgow . |
| 5 | He wrote what became a celebrated memorandum to Cordell Hull , the secretary of state , in which he declared that he was " thrilled by the idea of using iran as an example of what we could do by an unselfish American policy . |
| 6 | The turning-point in what became a distinguished career came on 22 February 1897 , when he started work in the drawing office of the Metropolitan Railway Company at Neasden works , where he pursued both mechanics and architecture , being ultimately appointed as assistant to the chief surveyor and architect . |
| 7 | Hence , it is usual to calculate the q's for the current year or a period of years and apply these to what becomes a hypothetical cohort ‘ followed ’ through a current or period life table . |
| 8 | The issue of local economies being spun into what becomes a self-perpetuating decline has been highlighted in a recent report from the Centre for Environmental Studies ( Outer Estates in Britain , CES Paper , 1984 ) . |