Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] become a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This new technique may become a useful tool in new applications in chemisorption and catalysis . |
| 2 | But it is dangerous insofar as the ideology may become a substitute for the tradition — the servant become the master — because politics involves ‘ the pursuit , not of a dream , or of a general principle , but of an intimation ’ . |
| 3 | The possibility that the CAB basic training course should become a recognised certificated qualification has been on the agenda . |
| 4 | They feared lest Germany should become a socialist state and the revolution spread to France and Britain . |
| 5 | As Ackner LJ put it , the marchers might become a ‘ target for their viciousness ’ . |
| 6 | The murmur might become a clamour , were it not that Mr Kinnock is already preparing to leap before being pushed . |
| 7 | What imaginative job search agency would have foreseen that a champion sheepshearer could become a master garment cutter ( and , later , much more besides ) but Bernard and Laura did . |
| 8 | I fully understood the principles which led the party to believe it could gain more of the ethnic minority vote if it could prove that a barrister of Afro-Caribbean extraction could become a Conservative MP . |
| 9 | If permanent employment was a universal feature labour would become a quasi-fixed factor in production and the room for adjusting costs would be confined to altering working hours or bonus payments . |
| 10 | The Turkmen Council of Ministers decided on July 14 to establish a national guard initially numbering 1,000 and republican armed forces , although with significant involvement by Russia [ see p. 38969 ] ; it was expected that the Turkmen Defence Department would become a Ministry , to be headed by current defence chief Danatar Kopekov . |
| 11 | Packed snow would become a firm , stable , even slightly sticky surface . |
| 12 | The frozen snow would become a playground . |
| 13 | We hoped that the gene bank might ultimately contain 500 collections , and we knew that maintenance would become a problem sooner or later . |
| 14 | This means that the main body of the national collection still has no permanent home and it may well be that the Casina delle Civette will become a more specialised museum of Art Nouveau glass , the Villino Boncompagni will house the twentieth-century items and another site will be found for the remaining collections . |
| 15 | Because of the recent reorganisation of the management of the infantry , which saw the headquarters of the Scottish infantry division remaining at Edinburgh Castle , Brigadier Scott will become a ‘ two star ’ Major General rather than a ‘ three star ’ Lt Gen , as has been customary in the past with the GOC Scotland . |
| 16 | The salon will become a magnet for gossip and the focus of of the soap 's strongest story lines in what Granada TV say will be the biggest shake-up of Street life in five years . |
| 17 | Interdependence within a global/local environment will replace independence as a goal , and cultural diversity within and without open borders will become a cause of celebration not a threat . |
| 18 | We want something written into the Bill that makes it likely that some of the consumer safeguards will become a reality . |
| 19 | As we have seen , only if and when the transfer is registered , will the transferor cease to be a member and shareholder and the transferee will become a member and shareholder . |
| 20 | Yet , as has already been discussed in Chapter 3 , it unfortunately is the case that religion can become a powerful ally of thuggery , violence , aggression , intolerance and denial of human rights . |
| 21 | But there is growing sentiment that , once these areas are ironed out , Tencel can become a big player in the better home furnishings and apparel markets . |
| 22 | FOOTBRIDGES and UNDERPASSES can become a prison . |
| 23 | Your inner critic can become a useful friend . |
| 24 | On the other hand , there are instances where biography can become a ‘ literary fact ’ . |
| 25 | There were always some in the State Department who thought the policy might be pushed a little further : who thought that a unified Germany might become a big partner for America in the same way as is ( say some ) Japan . |
| 26 | The country cottage might become a miniature replica of itself , or an ear of corn , or a vase which stood on the mantelpiece . |
| 27 | Access to the child may become a contentious issue during an investigation . |
| 28 | Matters may become a little clearer when the results of the efficiency review of government funding of voluntary agencies , begun in 1989 , become available . |
| 29 | However in a few women the periods may become a little heavier . |
| 30 | Plot may become a pretext . |