Example sentences of "it became [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Lady Diana 's engagement to Prince Charles really put Althorp on the map , and it became a full-time job for me . |
2 | Luckily we killed it before it became a full-blown institution and today no one seriously expects that food , or clothing , or even that overriding necessity , a television set , should be subsidised for all consumers , still less for a minority . |
3 | The approach used analysis of national income data to quantify the regulation of demand , and when the statement turned from discussion of the transition to a peacetime economy it became a standard exposition of Keynesian policy prescriptions as interpreted by the academic economists in Whitehall . |
4 | Pople followed up this publication with two papers on the statistical mechanics of assemblies of axially symmetric molecules ; interpretations of electron interactions in unsaturated hydrocarbons ; collaboration ( with Christopher Longuet Higgins ) on the spectra of aromatic molecules on solvent spectral shifts ; the theory of the Renner effect ( Strong coupling between electronic and vibrational modes in a molecule leading to a breakdown of a Born-Oppenheimer approximation — it became a standard work ) ; and his recognition of the value of NMR as a tool for chemistry is revealed in the early issues of Molecular Physics . |
5 | PostScript succeeded to such an extent that it became a de-facto standard with almost every major computer manufacturer and printer vendor taking out a license . |
6 | A period of decline was experienced by Chiswick House through the Crimean War also the Great War of 1914 to 1918 , and after a succession of occupants it became a private asylum for the mentally ill . |
7 | The Methodists first established a chapel for worship in 1828 , in a small building later converted into the Oddfellows Hall , and so named until a couple of years ago when it became a private residence . |
8 | Mr Martyn said : ‘ It became a personal vendetta — a very malicious campaign . |
9 | It became a rough bridleway , leading through a series of gates onto the lower reaches of moorland . |
10 | ‘ The Blue Angel ’ was made in Germany in 1930 in both German and English versions , and because it became a world-wide smash hit , it remains one of the best-known and best-loved movies of all time . |
11 | It became a mixed comprehensive in September 1972 by amalgamating with two single-sex secondary modern schools . |
12 | It became a mere echo of the old governing classes ' opinions . |
13 | But perhaps the precise reasons for its origin and the timing of its confirmation are not so important ; of greater significance is that it became a key precedent during the ensuing century for those who wished to restrict the outflow of money from the English church to the church universal and in particular to the Roman Curia ; its appeal to the interests of patrons whose intentions were thwarted or impaired by impositions on the houses so that ‘ infinite loss and disinheritance are like to ensue to the founders of the said houses and their heirs ’ was to reappear in the later statute of Provisors . |
14 | Montserrat , part of the British colony of the Leeward Islands from 1871 to 1956 , when it became a separate United Kingdom Dependent Territory , is governed by a Governor , who presides over an Executive Council and a Legislative Council with seven elected , two official and two nominated members . |
15 | Although the member States had created the Council , once established it became a separate entity with its own international executive . |
16 | It became a great treasure because there was n't much money to spare in those days . |
17 | For nearly 45 years , it was unable to function properly because it became a political battleground in the Cold War . |
18 | It became a Soviet priority in the 1980s to prevent a whole series of Third World states from reverting back to military alignment or alliance with the West . |
19 | It became a sorry sight : a ghost of grandeur . |
20 | Last year the Group cut its dividend for the first time since it became a quoted company in 1970 , but this year analysts expect the dividend to be held at last year 's figure , with Pilkington digging into reserves in order to fend off the resulting loss of confidence . |
21 | Then , he had been quite amused and content to joke about being nothing more than a flower bearer , but he was not so happy when it became a regular occurrence . |
22 | It became a crucial component of the renowned ‘ economic miracle . ’ |
23 | And yet , on this fevered night … he stared at the heavy , handsome head , looked at it until it became a strange thing to him , a feeling of stone , a sight he saw from another part of the room , this unbodied head reflected more truly in the mirror than in the live skull itself … |
24 | When Stox went under it became a laughing stock . |
25 | However , first larger jennies and then the application of power to them and to the mules took spinning from the cottage through the workshop to the factory where , as we have seen , it became a male employment . |
26 | I would have turned down 2 million ( $3 million ) but when the bid nudged 3 million ( $4.5 million ) it became a good deal for us . ’ |
27 | It became a coughing fit . |
28 | But it does not appear to have been regularly employed in the Royal Chancery until the last quarter of the ninth century , from which time it became a fixed element in diplomas . ’ |
29 | To its critics , it became a mild tabloid and a very pale imitation of what was originally intended . |
30 | It gradually descended and changed in colour , until it became a blue-grey mist seething over the heads of the musicians , almost as if the sweat generated by their exertions was steaming in cold air above them . |