Example sentences of "[adv prt] to become [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gallery , which has been built in to become a small room , faces the gate as you enter under the arch . |
| 2 | He remained in this post until 1860 , when he was replaced by Marshal Vaillant and the Ministry of State was hived off to become a separate office . |
| 3 | On Saturday the two prelates attended a service of vespers at the Church of San Gregorio , which stands on the site where Pope Gregory sent St Augustine of Canterbury off to become the first Archbishop of Canterbury in 597 . |
| 4 | I thought I would see what changes , if any , had been made to the career structure of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association ( GDBA ) — a career which I reluctantly gave up to become a full-time behaviour counsellor . |
| 5 | A priest tells the story of a boy he rescued from poverty who grows up to become a revolutionary leader . |
| 6 | I only ever wanted him to grow up to become a pro-ball player . |
| 7 | ‘ Little Emily ’ grew up to become a prolific author of didactic historical fiction , in which the hand of Providence administers justice with unflinching rectitude . |
| 8 | The ships in harbour had to leave because of a storm ; they sailed away bearing his new widow and her son , aged two , who grew up to become a big game hunter in central Africa . |
| 9 | The revival of the US as a great nation at the centre of world trade will also have an impact on the port of Liverpool , as it continues its fight back to become a key staging post on the transfer of goods across the Atlantic and around the globe . |
| 10 | Over billions of years it will slowly fizzle out to become a black dwarf . |
| 11 | Different kinds of reactions start , and the star swells out to become a Red Giant , as Betelgeux is today . |
| 12 | The channel tunnel is about to become a major part of the United Kingdom infrastructure . |
| 13 | Muller , however , is surprised to find himself in the company of players he once idolised , and he has yet to recognise that he is about to become a similar figure . |
| 14 | A TELEVISION drive to persuade Britain 's seven million schoolkids to swap their lunch boxes for school dinners is about to become a real choker . |
| 15 | Japan turns out a vast number of graduates every year , but it begins to look as if the unthinkable in Tokyo , graduate unemployment , is about to become a serious problem : Fujitsu Ltd says it plans to slash the number of new hirings next spring to less than a seventh of this year 's figure — just 300 engineers , and , for the first year since its founding in 1935 , will take on no staff in its sales and administrative departments ; it will add 2,200 new staff to its 52,000 base this year compared with 3,000 in 1992 and nearly 4,000 in 1991 . |
| 16 | PETER REID is about to become a vital part of the new Manchester City regime by teaming up again with Howard Kendall . |
| 17 | It followed news of a £3 million deal with Nintendo distributors Bandai to market Budgie — supporting a Polish fortune-teller 's revelations that Fergie was about to become a wealthy woman . |
| 18 | Handsome Costa hunk Jesse Birdsall , who has only had eyes for the girls up to now , is about to become a bi-sexual victim of the killer virus . |
| 19 | Handsome Costa hunk Jesse Birdsall , who has only had eyes for the girls up to now , is about to become a bi-sexual victim of the killer virus . |
| 20 | Bell 's absence leaves Durham without three of last season 's stalwarts as Billingham 's Nick Walton is about to become an assistant professional at Barnard Castle and Darlington 's John Howson has retired from county golf . |
| 21 | And in a conversation with William Turner Levy , a young American who was about to become an Episcopalian minister , Eliot raised the possibility that he might eventually enter retirement in an abbey — such a life suited him , he said . |
| 22 | It was with difficulty that Greg restrained himself from saying ‘ What ! ’ , but knowing that his colleague would assume that he was being told he was about to become an unmarried father , and spread it , he said in the same world-weary voice : ‘ That 's very interesting . ’ |
| 23 | In the late Thirties the Baroness Hila Rebay was busy looking for a name for the new art museum her mentor Solomon R. Guggenheim was about to found and of which she was about to become the first director . |
| 24 | Is not THORP about to become the principal producer of plutonium for proliferators in the world ? |
| 25 | However , for one rural Irish town , the war is about to become the supporting act because Madam macAdam has arrived and she and her troupe of travelling players are stuck without a drop of petrol to be had . |
| 26 | Rod is about to become the latest victim of the slump in exotic cars . ’ |
| 27 | She was n't about to become the latest victim in a long line to fall under his spell . |
| 28 | And the critic Richard Findlater , who later went on to become a dear friend , said , ‘ How dare the English equivalent of a national theatre employ a schoolgirl , whom none of us has heard of , and who ca n't do it ? ’ |
| 29 | Pat told the Careers Officer : ‘ I 'm going on to become a professional footballer ’ . ’ |
| 30 | KAREN Davison has got her skates on to become a sporting ambassador for Middlesbrough . |