Example sentences of "[pron] became [adv] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So an era ends and a new one begins for the newspaper which became as much a part of the Ulster Saturday as the bar , the bookie 's and the bath . |
| 2 | Since the Libyan system allowed no formal campaign with a beginning and a pre-announced end , the agonistic element was concentrated in the ballot which became much more a contest between voters than one between candidates . |
| 3 | But from my own researches it became plain to me that she was very much a person of her times , as compared with Beatrice Webb who became so much a critic of her times . |
| 4 | She became once more a woman of first instincts . |
| 5 | In medieval Christianity they became more specifically a symbol of purity , not just because of their gentle lustre , but still more because they were grown secretly and , it was believed , with personal suffering by the oyster . ) |
| 6 | The nineteenth century was to see its status as the language of diplomacy grow still further as it became even more a symbol of some underlying European unity which , however vague , was genuinely felt to exist by most of those who decided the continent 's destinies . |
| 7 | Later , once a variety of diplomatic initiatives had been tried and discarded , it became more literally a ‘ War Cabinet ’ . |
| 8 | It became very much a matter of the old touring buddies looking after each other . |
| 9 | Dr Carrington was trained as a physician and a psychiatrist ; however , particularly as he became more ill , his professional mantle dropped away from him , as is often the case , and he became more simply a sick human . |