Example sentences of "[noun sg] it became " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once she had recovered full consciousness it became clear that she had entirely lost the power of speech . |
| 2 | As I turned this thought over in my mind it became as sparkling and as beautiful as the morning itself . |
| 3 | Here was the Labour Party reverting to its old self , a better self , yes , than the monster it became under the demonic spell of Tony Benn ; here was a party responsive once more to its own people , the people it so shamefully betrayed at two successive general elections since 1979 , but a party — as somebody once said of the SDP - ‘ promising a better yesterday ’ . |
| 4 | After much uncertainty it became plain that the Russians could not expect Mr Aziz to return to Moscow until late on Thursday ; he was expected to go at once to see Mikhail Gorbachev . |
| 5 | The more Creggan himself stared at it the bigger and stranger it became , looming out of the mist , its grey shrouds entwined round it . |
| 6 | At first , researchers attempted to place this style in the area from which it was assumed to originate — perhaps Persia , China or Central Asia — but through historical research it became clear that this was based on the false premise that the cloth was made in the original style of a certain group of people . |
| 7 | Indeed , in the course of our research it became increasingly clear that many of those commenting upon the " new " temporary working were making reference to the same small number of examples of this practice — examples , moreover , in which the number of temporary workers actually employed was often very low [ see Chapter 7 ] . |
| 8 | ‘ His voice , ’ he wrote , ‘ was rough to begin with but with constant practice it became memorably beautiful . ’ |
| 9 | Following the collapse of the silk industry it became a centre for collar and shirt manufacture . |
| 10 | Within the industry it became a commonplace to point out that the discovery of ‘ a Libya a year ’ would be required to maintain the depletion horizon . |
| 11 | At first light it became clear that HMS Impregnable had carried five miles across shoal water from the Dean to a position about half way between Langstone and Chichester harbours , approximately half a mile from Hayling Island . |
| 12 | When a piece of quicklime was held in the tip of the flame it became white hot and glowed brilliantly . |
| 13 | He shook it and in one second it became a shiny top hat . |
| 14 | Returning to the circuit it became apparent that it would be wise to fly a larger pattern than normal for a microlight type aircraft , because of the good glide ratio , and I was advised to throttle back and fly at around 45 knots . |
| 15 | Through the composition of the Committee it became legitimate for the Board and the District to negotiate with the LEAs jointly or independently over their provision — a new development which Jacques valued highly as it was an explicit , formal recognition of the District as the Responsible Body for the organisation of WEA classes and courses . |
| 16 | In the Zurvanite heresy it became the supreme deity . |
| 17 | ‘ In the second half it became increasingly difficult for them and we simply capitalised on our chances . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ In the second half it became increasingly difficult for them and we simply capitalised on our chances . ’ |
| 19 | He was at least partly associated with the decision to introduce ‘ hard labour ’ into prisons , but far from providing regular , steady discipline and useful work it became drudgery of the hardest and most servile kind , a hated example of the additional pains of imprisonment . |
| 20 | To the watching girl it became increasingly obvious that she could expect no more help . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ When police officers attended the scene it became apparent that the media were also in attendance — how they came to be in attendance is not known and not through any action on our part . |
| 22 | After Stalin 's fall it became the Road of the Heroes and then was changed to the Road of Youth . |
| 23 | By 1852 the Court was established in the form which it was to retain until 1870 , and from its inception it became clear that this was not only a new Court but a new type of court . |
| 24 | During the war it became the seat of the Nazi occupiers , including the infamous Nazis Heydrich and Frank . |
| 25 | It was then a University magazine but after the Second World War it became , as Nonesuch News , the student newspaper . |
| 26 | After the war it became clear to her that the one heroic thing she was even faintly equipped to do with her life was to teach herself to die honourably , by which she meant without fear . |
| 27 | After a moment it became clear that Alexei was excusing himself . |
| 28 | Intrigued by Sydney Newman 's two-page memo Donald Wilson first took it to BBC staff writer C. E. ‘ Bunny ’ Webber , whose job it became to flesh out the synopsis into something suitable for a Script-Editor to work from . |
| 29 | Once the Austrian had levelled the match it became evident that Durie was on shaky ground . |
| 30 | On careful examination it became clear that the cartouche had been engraved . |