Example sentences of "[Wh det] [adv] became [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was not ‘ cushion ’ the term which eventually became vogue for the extra help which was thrown over the poll tax time and again in a vain attempt to douse the flames of dissent . |
| 2 | The couple , who live locally , acquired and restored the 20-seater coach as a family keepsake , it was actually 's father who founded the Guy Motor Company which eventually became part of Leyland . |
| 3 | In fact he was still working on a first version of the fourth act ( which eventually became Act III ) when he sailed for New York on 24 September . |
| 4 | From March 1743 he began to preach and built up a network of religious societies in Derbyshire , Cheshire , and south-east Lancashire , which soon became part of the Methodist organization led by John Wesley [ q.v . ] . |
| 5 | The first half was played in a torrential downpour and both teams did well to keep their feet on a pitch which rapidly became rain sodden and slippery . |
| 6 | Such renovation was not possible until some years later when the property was transferred to the Ministry of Works — which later became part of the Department of the Environment — and a decision was reached to restore the Villa to its original proportions , i.e , without the wings which had been added by Wyatt . |
| 7 | It provided employment for many hands over many decades , eventually being taken over by Kleeman Ltd , which later became part of the Mobil Chemicals group . |
| 8 | In fact , it showed Making Belfast Work at its best , funding an innovative project which later became part of mainstream funding . |
| 9 | A Steamship Owners ' Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association had been formed as early as 1874 which later became part of a North of England Protecting and Indemnity Association , and as early as 1878 shipowners of the north-east were complaining of the " tyrannical " attempts of a " dictatorial body of unionists " ' to impose demands on the industry , establishing in 1885 a Central Association of Shipowners of Sunderland , Glasgow and Newcastle to put their views to the Royal Commission of 1886 on Chamberlain 's proposed Shipping Bill . |
| 10 | Warren began work at Sellafield on the day the UKAEA was formed in 1954 — originally in the R & D branch which later became part of BNFL . |
| 11 | It is clear , moreover , from facts which later became public , that her father King Malcolm had never intended her for a monastic vocation . |
| 12 | Both super-orders throughout time have provided a virtually inexhaustible supply of nutrients for living creatures , which then became prey for the carnivores . |
| 13 | The stock immediately before the change included that relating to W 's practice , which never became part of B's stock , and following the dissolution B was engaged in only one part of the original practice . |
| 14 | In the west , large numbers of chapels are known which never became parish churches , but which are clearly pre-twelfth century in origin and had burial and baptism rights by that time . |