Example sentences of "became [adj] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Believe it or not , the society has now been in existence for a year and subscriptions became due on the 16th of March . |
| 2 | As The Lord of the Rings was coming to the end of its gestation it became possible for the first time for political leaders to say they wanted nothing and make it come true . |
| 3 | Now it was replaced by an administrative , legal , and organizational unity , which first became possible in the twelfth century as a result of the development of the administrative , legal and scholastic instruments of government . |
| 4 | With twelve children to her credit , she became pregnant for the thirteenth time by a British soldier . |
| 5 | When she became pregnant for the third time she was given an amniocentesis , the only form of testing available at that time . |
| 6 | Wood Walton 's ‘ speciality ’ , it became extinct in the nineteenth century , but was reintroduced from Holland in 1927 and can be seen on the wing in July . |
| 7 | Anxiety on this score became acute during the last decades of the fourth century , and the first of the fifth . |
| 8 | This invention turned out to be ahead of its time ; U-shaped grooves remained normal until 1939 , and Packman-type cutters only became universal after the Second World War . |
| 9 | Last Thursday their problems became public for the first time when Allen began a legal battle for custody of three of their children . |
| 10 | But it became obvious on the next pitch that even had I been so inspired we would not have progressed much further . |
| 11 | The wide gulf between these approaches reveals the extent to which the relation between theological and historical study became problematical through the nineteenth century . |
| 12 | But for most States , that only became feasible in the nineteenth century with the development of popular participation . |
| 13 | The earliest reversions to Exchequer offices were granted during the fifteenth century ; they became frequent during the sixteenth . |
| 14 | By the early 1640s she had moved to London and begun a religious quest in pursuit of whose ends she became involved with the first Quakers in 1654 . |
| 15 | From there , he became involved with the first commercial bungee jumping company , and brought the idea back home . |
| 16 | ‘ I sometimes wonder why you became involved in the first place . ’ |
| 17 | Where the third estate became powerful in the eighteenth century — as in Great Britain , in France , and in the United States — nationalism found its expression predominantly , but never exclusively , in political and economic changes . |
| 18 | Connor McCaffrey ( 18 ) was taking the lift to his room at Queen 's University halls of residence when it became stuck between the third and fourth floors . |
| 19 | The ultimate clinical course of the colitis became evident during the first year of the study and there was no difference between the one year analysis and the final analysis ( Table II ) performed after a mean follow up of 2.8 years in the placebo group and 3.0 years in the cyclosporin group . |
| 20 | As we have seen , the internal nationalist tensions of the Austro-Hungarian empire became severe in the second half of the nineteenth century . |
| 21 | It was a fact that quite easily became disheartening during the first few months of captivity . |
| 22 | Graphite mining was another industry which became important in the second half of the nineteenth century . |
| 23 | Financial compensation became available for the first time for criminal injuries ; the community service order raised hopes as an alternative to custody ; and an elaborate system of parole , later greatly expanded , was instituted . |
| 24 | Fish knives and forks were invented when electroplating became common in the last century , before the manufacture of stainless steel . |
| 25 | Perhaps their own style , which became dominant in the twentieth century , did not emerge as such until sciences moved into the phase of theory and systematising which ( for rather obscure reasons ) suited them admirably . |
| 26 | Shortly after incitement to racial hatred became criminal for the first time in 1965 , for example , some commentators questioned whether Jewish persons were covered by the Act , pointing to the argument that the Jewish community has a religious rather than a racial identity . |
| 27 | Pressed glass became fashionable in the 19th century , and it 's ideal for anyone who wants to start a collection as there are still some bargains to be found — look for it at junk shops and car-boot sales . |
| 28 | These coffins , England 's response in lead to the Egyptian mummy case , became fashionable in the fifteenth century and were still to be seen in some areas in the last decade of the seventeenth century , though they were beginning to decline in popularity during the 1660s and 1670s . |
| 29 | By ‘ thought ’ , however , Pascal does not mean that somewhat shallow notion of Reason which became fashionable in the eighteenth century and which has become fashionable again in the twentieth in the guise of formal logic . |
| 30 | It was just around this stage that I became aware of the first footman beside me , who whispered : ‘ Miss Kenton would like a word with you , sir . |