Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] become [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea was to get away from the ‘ man in a suit ’ which had become a cliche of space fiction and alien fantasies . |
| 2 | Once again demonstrating the resilience which had become a characteristic of his candidacy , Clinton campaigned strongly in New York , and even chose it as the venue for his first foreign policy speech since December . |
| 3 | The Dresden city government gave permission for the rallies to be held , insisting that refusal might have provoked violent demonstrations in the city , which had become a centre of radical right-wing activity since the end of the East German communist regime . |
| 4 | It was half a mile from the nearest village , which had become a haven for retired and commuting stockbrokers since the war . |
| 5 | While Prince Charles must be relieved to be free of a marriage which had become a sham , he , his family and in the end the British Government have met Diana 's terms . |
| 6 | But Linda had lost her author , she had spent too much effort and money on an event which had become a disaster . |
| 7 | Now the British built a steam cathedral on a piece of land which had become a sort of palimpsest of indigenous and alien power . |
| 8 | At least a portion of the jewish population was saving its skin by allying with the Party , for in April we discover 400 Jewish delegates in Minsk speeding up the fight against Zionism and proposing the closure of their religious schools in Belorussia , a notion which had become a reality by September according to the central press . |
| 9 | But their route to the capital , Kigali , ran through the Volcanoes National Park , which had become a battle-ground . |
| 10 | Yet we are still left with the impression that these two Greeks never quite understood what was really happening in the social organism which had become the guarantee of their own survival . |
| 11 | The Roman Watling Street , which had become the London to Holyhead road , was vastly improved and largely remade by Telford between 1820 and 1828 . |
| 12 | Against this background the institutions which had become the responsibility of Bedfordshire County Council were under pressure which was reflected in the occupancy figures at St. Peter 's for July 1931 : |
| 13 | Considering the fears of Jacobite invasion there was something to be said for such a policy but it was not popular , especially in London , which had become the centre of support for Pitt and the war . |
| 14 | [ Hence ] the loyalty of the masses to a nation which had become the instrument of their collective interests and ambitions … . |
| 15 | So it was with Jesus : he scandalized people by the company he kept , by the overturning of values which had become the cement of his society but which he saw as being barriers for people . |
| 16 | Whatever its economic intent , the fact is that Mosley 's fascist movement became associated with the type of violence and anti-Semitism which had become the hallmark of European fascism . |
| 17 | The Victorian drawing-room which had become the office of St Sylvester 's Betterhouse Retreat Centre came vividly before her . |
| 18 | He designed a series of posters including one of Branson himself under the caption ‘ No One is Innocent ’ , an another bearing a swastika made of cannabis leaves , the Virgin logo and what had become a Sex Pistols ' slogan , ‘ Never trust a hippie ’ . |
| 19 | ( They were to remain in use for that purpose until the reception of casuals was finally discontinued on November 7th 1949 , when their presence was represented as a deterrent to the recruitment of nurses and a hindrance to the upgrading of what had become the North Wing of Bedford General Hospital . |
| 20 | The turning point in what had become the War of American Independence came in October 1777 , when a British army under General Burgoyne suffered a spectacular defeat at Saratoga , 180 miles [ 288 km ] north of New York . |