Example sentences of "[adv] become a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sceptics argued that there was no real difference between a right and a duty ; once it was laid down when auditors would be expected to use their right to report , it effectively became a duty . |
| 2 | The Morley/Penman project had a negative thrust — ‘ rockist ’ duly became a term of abuse as casually applied by pop fans as ‘ selling out ’ had been by 1960s rock fans — but its tone was relentlessly optimistic and Morley was duly rewarded for his faith in market forces ( and in Dollar in particular ) by being invited into Trevor Horn 's record label plans . |
| 3 | In ancient times this magnificent monument must have been much admired and it is hardly surprising that Imhotep was remembered as a great man and eventually became a god . |
| 4 | ‘ But she had always wanted to be in uniform , so eventually became a policewoman . |
| 5 | Yvonne joined the class , became ‘ hooked ’ and herself eventually became a Medau teachers . |
| 6 | Eric was going to do a trip around the world when he left Mayall , which eventually became a trip to Greece . |
| 7 | His power eventually became a threat , so the emperor had him taken prisoner and murdered in 1634 at Cheb ( Eger ) by two of his own officers , the Scot Leslie and the Italian Piccolomini , both of whom were rewarded with palaces of their own ( see pp. 81 and 152 ) . |
| 8 | An important example is George Crabbe , who grew up in poverty but eventually became a priest ; although his poetry is deeply informed by the experience of poverty , he is alienated in many respects from the class into which he was born . |
| 9 | Farming became geared to the demands of regional and national markets and harvest crises eventually became a thing of the past . |
| 10 | He began by building up the scout movement in the NorthEast and eventually became a scout commissioner . |
| 11 | The band , who promised to be massive after an effortless rise to the top during the Manchester thingy in 1990 , eventually became a figure of fun in the music Press . |
| 12 | He eventually became a prebend of St. Paul 's and Archdeacon of Leicester ; had it not been for his friendship with Bishop Crewe who sympathized with the Stuarts , he could have expected to become a bishop . |
| 13 | The Conference is the forum where Resolutions which were submitted last December and which were discussed at over 50 District Meetings around the country since then were finally put to the vote of the delegates and , if passed , thereby became a cornerstone of Association policy . |
| 14 | Dundee himself was fatally wounded while leading the final victorious charge , thereby becoming a legend , one of 600 casualties among the Jacobites . |
| 15 | I am slowly becoming a travelling salesman called Pete . |
| 16 | At the age of eleven he went to London to work , eventually becoming a butcher employed by Thomas Pickworth , a staunch Calvinist . |
| 17 | There , consoled for the severity of the regime by the kindness of the superintendent Miss Temple , and a fellow orphan , Helen Burns she dies in Jane 's arms of , who dies in Jane 's arms of consumption she spends her miserable years , eventually becoming a teacher . |
| 18 | The ‘ wicked step-mother , who was very beautiful ’ apparently expiated her crime by eventually becoming a nun at Wherwell . |
| 19 | But then again , the Golden Höfner was the flagship of the company 's electric hollow-bodied range between ‘ 59 and ‘ 62 and naturally became a platform for showing just what could be done . |
| 20 | The ball flew beyond the startled Flowers and United 's investment in a player signed for £1 million from Donetsk , suddenly became a bargain . |
| 21 | The leather baggage and glass cosmetic pots of the day were too heavy to take on the plane but she managed to find lighter substitutes and so became a pioneer of lightweight luggage , as well as a pioneer female passenger . |
| 22 | It only became a god in Hellenistic times when it was worshipped under the name ‘ Aion ’ , but that signified a sacred , eternal time which was very different from ordinary time , chronos . |
| 23 | Yet Louth-born Wilkinson was a midfield player as a schoolboy and only became a forward by accident . |
| 24 | Once Edna had left school , she more or less became a fixture in the household and there was no doubt that Celia was a much happier and more tractable baby under her young but competent handling . |
| 25 | But one of the great changes from the past is that this possibility of living alone is swiftly becoming a probability . |
| 26 | Why do we need more and better soul — why should it not swiftly become a fat , sweaty , obscenity , like the last lot did ? |
| 27 | The conclusion reached there is that environmental degradation is and will be frequently beyond the power of the state , and will only become a possibility as an incidental result of other fundamental social changes . |
| 28 | If you decide to stock the pond with fish , frogs may only become a nuisance in the spring , as unattached male frogs can cling onto the fish , causing them distress and have even been known to suffocate them by clamping onto their gills . |
| 29 | Theirs is a perfectly good decision that need only become a problem if at a later stage they find that it has become too difficult to share their life and a potential relationship disintegrates through their selfishness . |
| 30 | Does a situation only become a problem when the sufferer identifies it as something about which he or she , can do something ? |