Example sentences of "[Wh pn] became [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He and his wife had three sons , all of whom became railway engineers , and one daughter . |
| 2 | The question was of some importance , for if Louis-Napoleon was not the son of Napoleon I 's brother Louis , who became King of Holland during the period of the satellite Bonaparte Kingdoms , then all his pretensions to the Imperial inheritance were null and void . |
| 3 | Its stone balcony was carved by Hans Spiess of Frankfurt in 1493 for Vladislav Jagiello , son of the king of Poland who became king of Bohemia in 1471 , and then king of Hungary in 1490 . |
| 4 | Macedonian soldier who became King of Egypt ( 305–282 ) and founder of the dynasty that ruled until 31 BC . |
| 5 | It was a conflict of devious tactics , heroic actions and final victory for William , who became King of England . |
| 6 | Also exhibited is an enamelled gold suite , a massive bracelet ( below ) , ring and stick-pin bearing the crowned L , cipher of Leopold I , who became King of the Belgians in 1831 . |
| 7 | His is the great name in Béarn , as the local king who became king of all France . |
| 8 | It seems reasonable to assume that Oswiu certainly brought into subjection to himself the Pictish kingdom of Fortriu ( between the Forth and the Tay ) , for Bridei , the son of Bili , king of Strathclyde , and Ecgfrith 's cousin ( HB ch. 57 ) , who became king of the Picts on the expulsion of Drest and later fought against Ecgfrith , is described specifically in the Irish annals as ‘ king of Fortriu ’ at his death in 692 ( AU s.a . |
| 9 | Aethelwald Moll , who became king of Northumbria in 759 , may have been of Deiran royal descent ; his power-base certainly seems to have been in Deira ( see below , p. 150 ) . |
| 10 | It put John Byrne 's goals in the national spotlight and Tony Norman 's conquering saves too , along with the fairytale story of Malcolm Crosby , the fan who became king for a day under Wembley 's Twin Towers . |
| 11 | Among the dozen or so ‘ King 's yeomen ’ and ‘ King 's serjeants ’ appointed to Forest wardenships were Robert of Stopham , one of the king 's huntsmen , who became warden of the forests of Clarendon and Groveley 1249–59 , and Master Walter of Durham , ‘ the King 's serjeant and painter ’ , appointed in 1271 to keep the forest of Galtres , along with John of York , another royal serjeant . |
| 12 | All patients who became serum HBsAg positive after transplant , became HBeAg positive irrespective of HDV infection . |
| 13 | Ali McGraw , who became wife number two , says she hated machines and motorbikes but had to share his fascination . |
| 14 | The task of reconciling them to a diminution of their unexamined power fell to Sir Edward Boyle who became Minister in July 1962 . |
| 15 | I believe the technological revolution would have been better served if Blackett had been appointed to a real job , rather than to an advisory one to Frank Cousins , who became Minister of Technology . |
| 16 | In other Cabinet changes the former Interior Minister Chedi Neffati took over the Justice portfolio from Mustapha Bouaziz , who became Minister of State Domains , a new ministry with the responsibility of overseeing public properties and of monitoring the public sector . |
| 17 | Other Cabinet members included : Nepali Congress members Marshal Zullum Sakya , Mahendra Narayan Nidhi , and Yog Prasad Upadhyay , who became Home Minister ; United Left Front members Sahana Pradhan ( the Nepali Communist Party leader , who took on the portfolio of Industry and Commerce ) , Jhal Nath Khanal , and Nilambar Acharya ; two prominent non-party opposition figures , Devendra Raj Pandey ( an economist and leader of the Human Rights Organization of Nepal , who became Finance Minister ) , and Mathura Shrestha ( a professor of medicine , who was appointed Minister of Health ) ; and two members nominated by King Birendra , one of whom was Rai Majhi , who became Minister of Education , despite protests by students and teaching staff . |
| 18 | On May 3 , 1990 , Gilbert Mottard , was appointed Minister for Pensions , replacing his fellow PS member Alain Van der Biest , who became Minister for Local Government , Public Works and Water in the regional government of Wallonia . |
| 19 | Jagdish Gorburdhun ( MSM ) , hitherto Minister of Health , took over Co-operatives from Viswanath Sajadah ( the sole remaining MLP member of the Cabinet , who became Minister of Social Security . |
| 20 | Nadjita Bessoumal , who became Minister of State for Public Works and Transport , was described as a southerner with close links to the Libyan leader , Col. Moamer al Kadhafi . |
| 21 | Avraham Shochat , who became Minister of Finance , was regarded as a technocrat and as an advocate of increased privatization ; he first became a Knesset member in 1988 . |
| 22 | Kari Nordheim Larsen took over as Minister of Development Co-operation from Grete Faremo , who became Minister of Justice and Police . |
| 23 | Merceron was not reappointed as a justice of the peace , but in other respects he was as much in control ( either directly or through his brother-in-law , who became vestry clerk ) as he had been before 1809 . |
| 24 | She joined The I-Threes in ‘ 73 , who became part of Bob 's show when Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh quit in rows over touring and star billing in 1974 . |
| 25 | The preacher at its official opening in 1896 was the Revd John Hugh Smyth-Pigott who later proclaimed himself to be Jesus Christ and who became Prince 's successor at the Agapemone . |
| 26 | Hundreds of fans queued for hours to meet the man who became heavyweight champion of the world but in the process developed Parkinson 's Syndrome , a disorder of the nervous system . |
| 27 | In particular , Bede had a direct influence on the Carolingian renaissance of the ninth century through his pupil Egbert , who became Archbishop of York and trained Alcuin , who under Charlemagne founded the Frankish schools that did so much to stimulate learning on the Continent . |
| 28 | Thomas I , archbishop of York from 1070 to 1100 , was his brother ; Thomas II , who became archbishop of York in 1108 , was his son ; and another son was bishop of Bayeux . |
| 29 | His response had been to build up the power of his supporters the Nevilles : Richard earl of Warwick and his brothers John , who was made earl of Northumberland , and George , who became archbishop of York . |
| 30 | Aethelheard , abbot of Louth in Lindsey , who became archbishop of Canterbury in 792 , may have been seen in Kent as a ‘ symbol of Mercian rule ’ , but he appears to have obtained from Offa a confirmation of the immunity of Kentish churches ( CS 848 : S 134 ) 52 and he presided without Hygeberht over a synod at London attended by most of the bishops of southern England ( CS 265 : S 132 ) . |