Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [vb pp] [conj] it become " in BNC.
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| 1 | A soviet ( or governing council ) representing each of the twelve nahijes ( districts ) within the pashalik was established , but its powers were vaguely defined and it became an instrument which Karadjordje could use or ignore as he felt fit . |
| 2 | The prosperity which all these minor towns reveal occasionally has a local explanation : Todi 's neighbour , Assisi , was greatly enhanced when it became the burial place of St Francis and a centre of pilgrimage . |
| 3 | Once this conventional world had been established , it was easily recreated until it became traditional . |
| 4 | French public opinion was enraged by the attempt and was further inflamed when it became known that Orsini 's bombs had been made in Birmingham and the conspiracy hatched in London . |
| 5 | The decision was reportedly taken after it became clear that the French Disneyland would not make its expected profit this year . |