Example sentences of "become [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 135 for 3 became 138 for 6 and the writing was in its usual place on the wall . |
| 2 | This lot was for 59 coaches to what became 53 , the numbers allocated being 1599–1648 inclusive . |
| 3 | Thatcher 's image ratings were 25 per cent higher amongst Conservative identifiers than amongst Labour identifiers in the Pre-Campaign Wave and became 30 per cent higher by the end of the campaign . |
| 4 | When the train crossing time was increased to 30 seconds the mean delays went up to 0.52 , 0.75 and 3.0 seconds for the three vehicle separation times , and the maximum queue lengths became 2 , 4 and 10 respectively . |
| 5 | At the same time it was decided that single deck bus services would be numbered in the 200s ( Route 109 at Penge became 227 ) and trolleybus routes would be numbered in the 600s . |
| 6 | Possible dissonances ( tones ) are well separated , and by becoming sevenths and ninths the strength of conflict is reduced . |
| 7 | The morning 's forecast had a familiar ring , ‘ Force 6 becoming 8 ’ ; there was a lull so we had to move . |
| 8 | Dick 's plane was built in 1941 by the Curtiss Wright Corporation in Buffalo , New York , for the RAF as Kittyhawk I AK899 but was one of 72 transferred to the RCAF , becoming 1051 . |
| 9 | On his return to England the SRS was expanded , becoming 1 SAS Regiment , with Mayne promoted to lieutenant-colonel , forming part of the SAS brigade . |
| 10 | The instruction could set a condition code to indicate whether the search was terminated by a successful comparison or by L becoming zero ; alternatively , one of these two results could cause a skip . |
| 11 | The brewery passed through several hands in the next few centuries , becoming one of several East End specialists in the production of porter . |
| 12 | Rather than being the workshop of the world , Britain was becoming one of the world 's secretarial colleges , with priority given to non-manual clerical and service occupation . |
| 13 | Becoming one of our members helps reduce those risks . |
| 14 | Here is conscientious Boris Nikolayevich , completing his graduate dissertation in one month rather than the usual five and then refusing the automatic promotion for which this would normally have qualified him , resolving instead to spend a year laying bricks , mixing concrete and becoming one of the boys . |
| 15 | Incarnation means God becoming one of us , born of Mary ; but there are some disconcerting features in the story which we need to observe and reflect upon . |
| 16 | Here is a Messiah who by becoming one of us knows all about human weakness , about human life and development . |
| 17 | Lord Cranborne , son of the sixth Marquess of Salisbury , had sat for the family constituency of south Dorset for eight years : his grandfather , ‘ Bobbety ’ the fifth Marquess , had served eleven and a half years as an MP before joining the peerage and becoming one of the most influential party men in the fifties . |
| 18 | The subject is believed to be Gian Giacomo Caprotti , a pupil of da Vinci who joined him at the age of 10 , later becoming one of his lovers . |
| 19 | His background with the round ball has stood him in good stead in becoming one of the country 's leading goal-kickers . |
| 20 | All in all , it 's young , it 's fun , it 's what life is all about and it 's fast becoming one of the top resorts in this part of the world . |
| 21 | The Wise 's period saw a number of dramatic changes ; Days Mill was enlarged and updated , becoming one of the few in the Nailsworth area to boast the new power-looms . |
| 22 | Most striking was the case of the young Tatar Muslim , Mir Sajit Sultan Galiev , who was drawn into the work of the commissions , becoming one of Stalin 's assistants . |
| 23 | The weird notion that she might be in danger of actually becoming one day as perfect as she seemed added a ghastly charm to her reflections , as she continued to envisage various methods of killing Jack . |
| 24 | Ben Johnson improved in four years from being a skinny undersized 15-year-old to running the 100 metres in 10.25 and becoming one of the world 's leading juniors — on nothing more exceptional than plenty of food , regular training and competitive instinct . |
| 25 | But that fact , and its potentially unappetising formula of talking heads , have not prevented this series from becoming one of the most valuable of recent innovations in the public discussion of medical issues . |
| 26 | It is rapidly becoming one of those elite research institutions some academics are looking for to improve the quality of research . |
| 27 | From the apparently indivisible quanta of physical energy , to the boundaries between the solid , liquid and gaseous states — the manyness of the energy patterns is prevented from becoming one homogeneous and ill-defined spectrum by threshold effects . |
| 28 | The time has come to find a solution to prevent Britain becoming one big , dangerous rubbish tip . |
| 29 | And as the mood of British music snapped from one paradigm to another , from lush Baroque to angry garage , he 'd forced and battered Must n't Grumble into becoming one of the hottest New Wave or punk bands around . |
| 30 | The movie opened on 19 December 1973 to less-than-glowing reviews , although it made over $22.5 million , becoming one of the year 's top moneymakers . |