Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [subord] it become " in BNC.

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1 His time at Newcastle gave him the unique opportunity to take the building society into Europe when it became the first UK society to offer a full range of services on the mainland of Europe on opening a branch in Gibraltar in 1990 .
2 For the moment at least , it puts an end to the most serious political crisis in Russia since it became a sovereign state .
3 Something happened to political life in Britain when it became the preserve of professionals .
4 Eyeing the expected Microsoft Corp NT assault on the 32-bit systems software market , SunSoft is also fortifying its channel strategy hoping to press the advantage first for its Interactive product , then for Solaris-on-Intel when it becomes available .
5 In it , he imagines what would happen to London if it became so choked with cars that no-one could move .
6 Britain has apparently undertaken to review its own aid to Vietnam once it becomes clear that forced repatriation is working smoothly , and that Hanoi keeps to its side of the bargain , not to punish boat people who are deported from Hong Kong .
7 He will run at Newbury unless it becomes good to firm or firmer . ’
8 There are a number of imponderables at the present time e.g. the rates to be charged by CCC when it becomes an agency in 1992 , the high annual cost of a direct link , the number of and cost of training staff to prepare data for processing at a bank or internally with a software package available on a PC system .
9 Jared and Mary Tunstall had arrived at last in London , summoned by Orrin when it became apparent that Sally-Anne could not be traced .
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