Example sentences of "become the symbol " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such is the mood of quiet irreverence and anger that street hawkers have begun selling buttons with the two-finger victory sign that became the symbol of the student movement . |
| 2 | We are not surprised that water became the symbol of baptism because of its associations with ordinary things like washing and refreshment . |
| 3 | It vapourized Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands , turning it into the many-coloured mushroom cloud , 25 miles high and 100 miles wide , which became the symbol of anxiety for mankind . |
| 4 | The railway none the less became the symbol of progress without which national aspirations had no hope of achievement . |
| 5 | The exodus became the symbol of the ‘ passing over ’ from slavery to freedom . |
| 6 | The town of Vukovar , which became the symbol of Croatian resistance , has been virtually destroyed . |
| 7 | In particular the five week dock strike in London in 1889 , which became the symbol of the " new unionism " in all its brash aggressiveness , took the world by surprise " as " something quite new , upsetting all men 's calculations " . |
| 8 | The populace generally played little part in that agitation , but when Wilkes returned from the exile in 1768 to which he had fled from fear of imprisonment , debt and the fighting of a duel , to fight the Middlesex election , he became the symbol of a much wider agitation . |
| 9 | The poll is not analysed , but it is striking that countries where pollution from cars has become a major problem have the highest percentages of people who believe that the state of the environment requires urgent action : 85 per cent in Italy ( at the top of the list ) , where Milan , one of the world 's smoggiest cities , now has car-free days and the capital Rome also suffers severely from vehicle congestion and pollution ; 84 per cent in Greece , where restrictions on cars in Athens are imposed to save the citizens ' lungs and their ancient monuments ; 80 per cent in the most vehicle emission-conscious country in Europe , West Germany , whose dead trees have become the symbol of pollution . |
| 10 | In the eyes of foreigners trying to do business in Japan , they have become the symbol , and source , of the country 's most exclusionary practices . |
| 11 | For most of the remainder , Hitler stood for at least some things they admired , and for many had become the symbol and embodiment of the national revival which the Third Reich had in many respects been perceived to accomplish . |
| 12 | Tower blocks have become the symbol for all our disaffection , monumental mistakes for which we can all justifiably blame the politicians and professionals . |
| 13 | Tower blocks have become the symbol of our disaffection , monumental mistakes for which we can all justifiably blame the politicians and professionals . |
| 14 | The very fact that the ‘ log-cabin' has become the symbol of the pioneer farmer indicates this : on the great prairies timber was not so plentiful . |
| 15 | It sees the widow as the creator of life who has suddenly become the symbol of death , and who also , as an unsupported woman , may be an expensive burden on the rest of the ‘ tribe ’ for the remaining years of her life . |
| 16 | A METAL tree bearing leaves of brass is to become the symbol of a £900,000 appeal towards a community centre dedicated to the memory of Eric Liddell , Scotland 's first athletics hero . |