Example sentences of "become such a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All right , nine was a little young for her first sexual encounter , but now she 's come to like it she 's become such a friendly child . |
| 2 | Parents ' evenings/interviews have become such a strong tradition in primary schools that their purpose , content and structure are rarely challenged . |
| 3 | Now that young Eve had become such a regular guest in the household , a fourth chair had been found , a cane chair rescued from one of the sheds . |
| 4 | This is one reason why the crackling sound of the geiger counter has become such a potent symbol of the dangers . |
| 5 | It is arguable that law has become such a potent anti-nuclear symbol because the use and aftermath of nuclear weapons pose such a threat to these values . |
| 6 | ‘ They turned Reading round after that debacle in '88 , and at the time I was very surprised that Vince did n't accept the new contract because it 's become such a prestigious event . |
| 7 | Painting cars has become such a complex process that it can account or up to one-fifth of the manufacturing cost of a car . |
| 8 | Ashe , now 49 , grew up in the segregated American South of the 1950's , making it wholly appropriate that he should have become such a dedicated campaigner for equal rights all round the world . |
| 9 | A typical letter in the correspondence columns of The Daily Mail in 1977 summed up the commonplace fears and aspirations which are arranged around this slogan : This kind of commonsense reasoning , invariably linked to the perceived upsurge in crime and mischief , has become such a day-to-day feature of life in contemporary Britain that one hears complaints phrased in the idiom of ‘ Twenty Years Ago ’ amidst the gossip of bus queues , pubs and launderettes . |
| 10 | Although , as we have seen , in 1828 Veitch was dismissed from his consulship for having addressed Napoleon as ‘ Your Majesty ’ instead of plain ‘ General ’ when he met the vanquished Emperor en route for St Helena , he had become such a popular figure in Madeira that , after representations from the island , he was reinstated by Lord Palmerston in 1831 . |
| 11 | And it had become such a popular feature of Samana life . |
| 12 | The business of turning ‘ hot ’ money into legitimate tender is as old as crime itself , but it is only in recent years , largely because of the explosion of the drugs trade , that money laundering has become such a huge business . |
| 13 | Norwich would be loathed to sell a player who has become such a huge hit with Carrow Road fans after instilling genuine belief that the club could win the Championship . |