Example sentences of "[Wh pn] became [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | James and Joan had three sons , one of whom became a major in Charles II 's army and drowned in the river at Pershore . |
| 2 | Apart from his engravings , for which he became particularly well known , he was an excellent portrait painter and his painting of four children — one of whom became the fifth Duke of Devonshire — in the grounds of Chiswick House , probably attracted him to Chiswick , an area considered by many notable persons at that time , as very healthy . |
| 3 | A PEER with a distinguished war record who became a Conservative minister , Warden of Winchester College and businessman , yesterday described to a High Court jury his horror when he realised a pamphlet described him as a war criminal . |
| 4 | And one of this year 's vice-presidents of the association is a farmer 's daughter who became a farmer 's wife who gave birth to three sons , and whose special interests include farming . |
| 5 | She is an iconoclast who became a grumpy conservative , rejecting the modern industrial world in a grand wholesale manner . |
| 6 | The bid attracted intense media attention , most of it critical of Mr Knighton , an Isle of Man tax exile who became a millionaire through property dealings in Yorkshire and Scotland . |
| 7 | The minority included Sir Keith Joseph , who took his bleak monetarist outlook to the Department of Trade and Industry , and John Biffen , an early apostle of Enoch Powell 's financial credo , who became a Treasury Minister ( and who also shared the Prime Minister 's lack of enthusiasm for ‘ Europe ’ ) . |
| 8 | This was All McDowell who became a close friend of mine , founded i-D magazine and coined the phrase ‘ Fuck Art : Let's Dance . ’ |
| 9 | Trinder , who became a director of Fulham , pointed the way towards a larger-scale penetration of the boardroom by entertainers . |
| 10 | If the Queen Mother provided a mother figure for Charles , it was his great-uncle , Lord Mountbatten , who became a father substitute . |
| 11 | His mentor during the stay was the Secretary of State for Wales , George Thomas ( later created Lord Tonypandy ) , who became a lifelong friend as a result . |
| 12 | EDMUND Garvey was an old-fashioned policeman who became a controversial head of the Irish Republic 's force during one of its most turbulent periods . |
| 13 | A girl who became a Christian at university went back home to her sceptical parents . |
| 14 | The young Edward Fitzgerald , who became a sceptic , wrote to his friend Thackeray , ‘ I think the evidence for them is to be doubted . |
| 15 | Samaranch , who became a senior civil servant in Franco 's Spain , is being accused of a long-standing involvement with a Spanish fascist movement . |
| 16 | Mrs Robinson , who became a Christian in jail , refused to speak in her defence at her trial in Malaga . |
| 17 | Paul Hopkinson was born on June 29 1906 , the son of a former professor of archaeology who became a clergyman and eventually retired as Archdeacon of West Morland . |
| 18 | One of those who became a Golitsin addict was James Angleton , head of counter-intelligence operations at the CIA , whose conversion unfortunately spread across the Atlantic to some members of MI5 , including Peter Wright , with disastrous results as a hunt began for this highly placed mole that Golitsin was so sure existed . |
| 19 | ‘ Diego Rivera , who became a world-famous fresco painter when he went back to his native Mexico , was 25 when he came to Paris in 1914 , a political as well as an artistic rebel and just the sort of companion Modi enjoyed . |
| 20 | In July 1918 the actor Pierre Bertin , who became a member of the Comédie Française , was introduced to Modigliani one day when he was strolling along the Promenade des Anglais with Zborowski . |
| 21 | At the time , though , the Nicholson legend was slow to take off , especially in comparison to that of his chum Warren Beatty , who became a Hollywood name even before his first picture was released . |
| 22 | I believe he was the first westerner to make contact with the Dalai Lama , who became a great friend . |
| 23 | Another favourite at our CBR recital series was a young pianist from Winnipeg , Jack Henderson , who became a great friend and companion to Arthur Benjamin , and who accompanied him when he returned to London some years later . |
| 24 | He was presumably known to at least some of his fellow members — who themselves became foundation members of the Veterinary College — in particular the Duke of Northumberland , first president of the College ; Granville Penn , active in the establishment of the College , who became a member of the Society of Arts in 1788 and was in 1791 a steward ; the Earl of Morton ( one of Vial 's patrons ) ; Thomas Pitt FSA , subsequently to be one of the most assiduous attenders of meetings of the College governors , and last , but not least , Arthur Young , a member of the Society of Arts since 1769 . |
| 25 | Chidi Imo , with whom I was to have some great races in the future and who became a friend , was in the thick of the arguments . |
| 26 | Boone 's inspiration came from his personal experiences as temporary ‘ keeper ’ of the amazingly intelligent German shepherd dog , Strongheart , who became a Hollywood ‘ film star ’ back in the 1950's . |
| 27 | One was a well-known local councillor with his wife ; the other gentleman was P. J. Dollan , who became a Lord Provost of Glasgow ( Mayor ) , with his lady . |
| 28 | There was Louis Picovsky , who became a hair-stylist . |
| 29 | Great-Great-Grandfather Tallentire had a daughter called Hannah who became a Bayles when she married and who was my father 's grandmother . |
| 30 | He had two brothers , one called Robert , who was employed in the household of the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland as a footman , I believe , and another called Frank who became a policeman . |