Example sentences of "[noun prp] have become a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Among many other activities of other fellows we may record that Professor Anna Davies gave the Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures at Harvard University , that Barbara Harvey has become a member of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts , and Hilary Ockendon a deputy director on OCIAM , the Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics . |
2 | But Brightness has become a money-spinner ; the Russians have become capitalists ; and the Beluga has become a pawn in an international game . |
3 | ‘ But since then Colin has become a champion so I 'm quite sure that he would like a fairly substantial purse for the fight . |
4 | Deborah Warner has become a cult figure for stark and emotive work . |
5 | The press has mushroomed , stalls are packed with newspapers and Romania has become a mecca for journalists from the West eager not only to report but instruct the new media , still largely partisan and biased , in western techniques and styles . |
6 | ‘ Going to Hungary has become a synonym for going to the West . |
7 | DELIGHTED Dawn Eddery has become a mum — thanks to a hospital waiting list . |
8 | Bobby has become a symbol of canine loyalty . |
9 | Ian Wright has become a player who holds the key for the two Grahams , George and Taylor . |
10 | In the eyes of some observers , Rio Tinto has become a force in Cornish mining for reasons that have little to do with the profitability of the mines . |
11 | They each have to do a community service : Elena visits old people and Mentor has become a lifeguard . ’ |
12 | In 1929 Hill had become a director of the Eagle Star Insurance Company , which , in the economic recovery of the 1930s , grew rapidly and had substantial funds to invest . |
13 | Nicaragua had become a second Cuba , and the President had ordered an invasion . |
14 | Ivan had become a legend , a symbol of all the other Ivans who died on the battlefields and fought village by village and street by street to drive the invader out of Russia . |
15 | At a later meeting of all the chiefs , in the palace , a proclamation was read out detailing the acts which had convinced the ministers that Lij Yasu had become a Muslim . |
16 | Already by early March , Verdun had become a ghost town . |
17 | In another report , Tass correspondent Nikolai Morozov said University Square in Bucharest had become a centre of the protests , with mainly young speakers taking turns to denounce the government . |
18 | In Britain today the Devon has become a beef breed . |
19 | How strange , then , that England has become a world power in the performance of medieval and Renaissance music ( to speak of no other ) during the last 25 years . |
20 | By the end of his testimony , North had become a haircut , a logo for T-shirts , a doll , a cocktail , a hero sandwich ( ’ red-blooded American beef , a little bologna , shredded lettuce , Swiss cheese ’ ) , a hamburger ( ’ secret sauce from an old Iranian recipe ’ ) and a design for boxer shorts ; vigils were held for him , and the hamlet of Ollie , Iowa ( population 230 ) was besieged with fascinated enquiries . |
21 | And he made a number of management changes which reinforced the impression that Eurotunnel had become a company capable of acting in the best interests of bankers and shareholders and standing up to the demands of the Anglo-French contracting consortium . |
22 | By 1960 , Sir Frank had become a site manager and three years later , as Managing Director of the construction company , Pozemni Stavby Zavbod Opava , he gained a place at Brno Technical University to study construction . |
23 | The Commission stated in limine that in 1983 , before Spain had become a member of the Community , the United Kingdom had not taken appropriate measures to exclude ‘ Anglo-Spanish ’ vessels from its fishing fleet , apparently because those vessels fished mainly in areas to the west of Ireland and mostly for species ( such as hake ) for which there was a much better market in Spain than in the United Kingdom . |
24 | Fortunately for us both , Dulcie had become a star both in theatre and films . |
25 | After a string of commercial flops , Richard Gere has become a superstar once more with his starring role in PRETTY WOMAN , a contemporary updating of Pygmalion which enjoyed massive success in the US . |
26 | But Alf Gover has become a sort of universal grandad . |
27 | Mr has become a monk . |
28 | The February meeting was the first of its kind to be hosted by Saudi Arabia , which opposed a major role for the Shi'ite opposition in a future Iraqi government , but now considered that the ousting of Saddam Hussein had become a priority . |
29 | Matthew Glynn had become a subject : ‘ Caucasian male , aged fifty-two … |
30 | Prince Adelchis had become a client or patrician at the court of Constantinople ; this left Charles free to have himself proclaimed as king in Italy . |