Example sentences of "now become a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For record companies , it now became a question of who could pay the most money to secure the most in-demand acts . |
| 2 | Her renegotiations with Branson over her contract now became a question of who was using whom . |
| 3 | Bunyan now became a hero in the prevalent Whig and Liberal school of history as a victim in the struggle for conscience and freedom of speech . |
| 4 | His advocacy of a minimal role for the military in politics , which in the past had been rejected by the upper echelons of ABRI , now became a topic of open discussion . |
| 5 | A process so hedged about with medical mystery and old wives ' tales that no man was allowed to share in it now became an experience he must not miss for the world . |
| 6 | McLaren 's conviction that Branson wanted revenge , to find a way to seize control of the Pistols for good , ‘ and cut me off at the pass ’ , now became an obsession . |
| 7 | Yes , I wanted to emphasise the way some men feel constrain before , not because I want to suggest it 's now becoming a problem for men and we should be worrying about them , but because you asked what prospects there were for doing something about it and I think if something 's to be done about it , and it 's a problem of everyone devising new standards of behaviour , it 's very important that quite large numbers of men should be prepared to play a part in trying to work out what these standards should be , and there is quite substantial interest in trying to do that , both at the level of the teaching staff at the university and at the level of the undergraduates . |
| 8 | The growth of empires in Africa and Asia , and of Europe 's trade with the rest of the world , underlay a process which , by its later decades , had begun to bring China , Japan , Persia and even one or two independent or quasi-independent parts of Africa into what was now becoming a world system of diplomatic contacts . |
| 9 | In that pensive pucker of Brother Yeremi 's lips Lexandro sensed that he himself was now becoming a focus for Valence 's hypocrisy … |
| 10 | Family size is shrinking as mothers no longer need large numbers of children to work either down the mines or in the factories ( the machine would take anybody to work for it at first ) or to ensure that a few would survive ; high infant mortality rates are now becoming a thing of the past . |
| 11 | It was only her ability to view ball gowns as an aspect of theatrical dressing up , not real , everyday life , that allowed her to accept these highly frivolous and glamorous garments now becoming a staple product of the company . |
| 12 | The surge of inquiries for new cars after the five per cent tax cut in the Budget was subdued by election uncertainty ; it should now become a flow of firm orders . |
| 13 | The new network management protocol will now become a Request for Comment . |
| 14 | He also stated that " having failed as the good example he might have been , the defendant must now become an example of another kind " . |
| 15 | From this community they have spread out and have now become a part of LE for adolescents and children of all races , though perhaps ( no research has been done to my knowledge ) only in areas where there is significant contact between the black and white communities . |
| 16 | Slide-rules have now become a symbol of technical independence and have taken on a more political role . |
| 17 | Things had changed and ‘ the organ has now become a necessity . |
| 18 | Continue forward across second field to stile ahead , then forward on track ( which soon runs between hedges ) , eventually descending to pass car park on your left and Pecorama on your right , track has now become a road on outskirts of Beer . |
| 19 | These dates have now become a bone of contention in Hong Kong as rugby administrators in the British territory have belatedly realised — even though they are not admitting it — that the Japanese have outsmarted them and gained a precious advantage for the next World Cup . |
| 20 | Concorde ( which was to be partly built in Bristol ) benefited from a strong local lobby including a local MP , Tony Benn , who had now become a member of the Labour Cabinet . |
| 21 | Women 's participation as combatants is less marked than in other work , although there are renowned women in important military positions , such as Comandante Ana Guadalupe Martinez , a highly skilled urban combatant who has now become a member of the FDR Political Diplomatic Commission and the late Comandante Ana Maria , who was second-in-command of the FPL . |
| 22 | The upshot of this is that I 've now become a resident , which makes a weekly tour of junk and antique shops even more vital . |
| 23 | This has now become a day when children are given sweets , titbits and fruit . |
| 24 | Some of our members have lost their consolidated rate and it 's now become a bit of a running sore on the pay negotiations from last year , it needs to be sorted out , if confidence is to remain in last year 's pay , pay deal . |
| 25 | At Kingsley Park , opposite the Royal North Devon golf club , what was once a leisure complex with holiday bungalows and apartments has now become a development of retirement and second homes . |
| 26 | Although it has now become a way of life , I still find it disturbing . |
| 27 | Except , perhaps , to underline that Venice has now become a problem of national priority , not only in actuality but in the collective consciousness . |
| 28 | Perhaps , as Debré suggests , he realized that he had now become a prisoner of his own institutions , President de Gaulle instead of General de Gaulle . |
| 29 | The Certificate has now become a Diploma and is offered in a number of additional centres : full documentation is available from the Royal Society of Arts . |
| 30 | Africa , once a food exporter , has now become a food importer . |