Example sentences of "become [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The term " Urgonian " has become almost a dirty word in Cretaceous stratigraphy , for it is not one of the internationally accepted stage names and it is said to be a diachronous , southern facies . |
| 2 | It is a question that needs to be asked now that , in theoretical terms , the affirmation of difference has become almost a new orthodoxy . |
| 3 | This was , of course , the reason why eating had become almost a physical impossibility with the result that Molly was virtually starving . |
| 4 | Reproduced in calendars , on birthday cards , and in coffee-table books , this painting has become almost a ritualized symbol of the reverence which English people have for their countryside . |
| 5 | I know several inspectors who have refused a college scholarship , arguing that the time spent away from the force was time spent in structural limbo , and it has become almost a common adage that time away is time lost in ‘ the promotion stakes ’ . |
| 6 | Such may possibly have been the motive behind the creation of the muftilik of Cyprus , but the case for the argument seems stronger in isolation than it does when set against the fact that by 979/1571 the creation of such joint muderris/muftiliks appears to have become quite a common practice . |
| 7 | The anthropological fieldworker who eventually returns to the social setting of his homeland usually finds that it has become quite a different place . |
| 8 | A spokesman said : ‘ It has become virtually a one-man book , with almost all the bets on the mighty Quinn . |
| 9 | For companies like , pitching to investors has become virtually a full time job . |