Example sentences of "and became the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such a society , as in southern Italy , the stronger spirits took to brigandage or smuggling and became the epic heroes of a depressed race . |
| 2 | Then he climbed on to the winner 's rostrum and became the proudest man in the world as the British National Anthem echoed around the massive Montjuic Stadium . |
| 3 | As the years passed , the exotic Eastern cats gradually ousted the less exciting British cats and became the hot favourites , much to the distress of the British organizers . |
| 4 | But Armstrong was found Guilty and became the only solicitor to go to the gallows for murder . |
| 5 | The degree to which an individual possessed rights over the rice crop thus defined his position in the whole socio-economic system , and became the major indicator of wealth and status for most of the population . |
| 6 | They formed early last year , when Margaret relocated from New York City and became the perfect foil for Dave 's abrasive muse , to be augmented by a ready-made rhythm section arising from the demise of The Wolfhounds . |
| 7 | The first was meant to unseat Digital Equipment Corp 's PDP-11 on the glow of the IBM name alone , but was sent naked into the market with no software and became the ultimate dogsbody product , a computing resource for any whim that needed one , a computer without portfolio that never found a central role . |
| 8 | There Frederick William I , again in spite of much opposition , achieved a similar success and became the real creator of the Junker officer . |
| 9 | Some people were outstanding and became the deified men and women of the great religions , and their lives can be shown to be relevant to the conception of the Created God . |
| 10 | Arriving in Australia in 1814 , however , he quickly resumed his profession and became the virtual father of Australian architecture . |
| 11 | Josslyn introduced co-operatives to Sligo and became the first landlord in Ireland to sell his land to his tenants after the 1903 Land Act . |
| 12 | BRITAIN delivered its third significant blow in two days to the world champions , Pakistan , when Mark Maclean put the seventh-seeded Umar Hayat Khan out of the World Open here yesterday , and became the first Scotsman ever to reach the quarter-finals . |
| 13 | He won six amateur titles from 1926 to 1934 and became the first Canadian to win the United States amateur crown , in 1932 . |
| 14 | Two months later Deborah passed the Pony Rider tests and became the first Brownie in the Pack to win the badge with the pony on it . |
| 15 | Queen Elizabeth II paid an official nine-day visit to the USA starting on May 14 , and became the first United Kingdom sovereign to address the US Congress , meeting in joint session on May 16 . |
| 16 | In the following years the population in the areas of West Bowling and Horton increased enormously with the growth of the worsted industry and the building of new steam-powered mills , so that in November 1881 Canon Motler established St Joseph 's as a new parish and became the first parish priest himself . |
| 17 | It was known at first as a subway , a name thought of as an American term for an underground system , but later on was named the City and South London Railway and became the first tube railway in the world . |
| 18 | He made his name as mayor of West Berlin in 1957-66 , was Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor from 1966 to 1969 , and became the first SPD Chancellor in 1969 [ see p. 23618 ] . |
| 19 | It was also the season in which he captained England at Lord 's , in the absence of W.G. Grace , and became the first captain in Test history to declare an innings closed . |
| 20 | Because the prodigal son came back , and stopped being a black sheep , and became the accepted son , again . |
| 21 | In the fifteenth century the Italian humanists introduced considerable refinement , the ‘ humanistic minuscule ’ was gradually adopted throughout the Christian world , and became the cursive hand which was eventually termed ‘ italic ’ . |
| 22 | The issue of language symbolized and condensed the anxiety provoked by the black presence and became the preferred site for an educational response . |
| 23 | Gordon accepted the title and became the largest land- and vineyard-owner on the island . |
| 24 | The firm expanded its activities still further under his direction and became the largest employer of labour in Oldham , the workforce rising from 400 in 1837 to 6,000 in 1870 . |
| 25 | In 1846 he moved his main manufacture to Pendleton , near Manchester , and became the principal supplier of this important substance , which was also valuable for the expanding paper industry . |
| 26 | A bitter and complex dispute was decided by the crown jurists in the interests of the foreros ( 1763 ) , and when the entailed lands of the nobility and the church estates were put on the market by the liberal legislation of the nineteenth century they purchased their foros and became the outright owners of land they had rented ; they became foristas . |
| 27 | He returned to England and became the leading supporter of Edward Baliol [ q.v. ] in Baliol 's attempt to secure the Scottish throne for himself and the restoration of their lands for the disinherited . |
| 28 | He achieved great success and became the leading landscape architect of the day . |
| 29 | 1742 ) , were also masons , the former practising in the Bristol area and the latter in London ; but William , the most successful member of the family , remained in Oxford and became the leading master mason in the town during a particularly active phase in its architectural history . |
| 30 | He effected his escape to France in June 1547 , and became the leading merchant captain of Dieppe . |