Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] become a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | The murmur might become a clamour , were it not that Mr Kinnock is already preparing to leap before being pushed . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The frozen snow would become a playground . |
| 6 | Packed snow would become a firm , stable , even slightly sticky surface . |
| 7 | We hoped that the gene bank might ultimately contain 500 collections , and we knew that maintenance would become a problem sooner or later . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Plot may become a pretext . |
| 11 | While still a medical student Winnicott discovered the work of Sigmund Freud and decided that psychoanalysis should become a part of his professional life ; thus the year 1923 saw also the beginning of a ten-year training analysis with James Strachey . |
| 12 | However , journeys for information and for social contacts form a substantial part of daily activity for all people , and the telephone could become a substitute for at least some journeys and reduce the need for direct personal contact . |
| 13 | Asked whether the US return to the Bank of Iran of $567million held since the 1979-1980 Tehran embassy siege could become a catalyst for the freeing of the eight Americans , the President added : ‘ They owe money … and vice versa . |
| 14 | The request followed the passing on July 4 by the Council of a government resolution by which the finance committee would become a committee of the whole house , including all 12 elected members and the three appointed officials . |
| 15 | Acceptance of pain was the bridge that enabled a girl to relinquish her hope that her clitoris would become a penis , and to become instead a mature woman whose sexuality was focused upon her vagina . |
| 16 | A similar video was made showing the physical environment of the mainstream school and the tutor group of which the child would become a member if she came to the school . |
| 17 | If the plans get the go-ahead the Inn will become a hotel , pub and nightclub with a restaurant and cocktail bar . |
| 18 | If the plans get the go ahead the Inn will become a hotel , pub and nightclub with a restaurant and cocktail bar . |
| 19 | Cypress says it can only speculate that Sun will become a customer for HyperSparc , though Cypress chief , TJ Rogers , has been sending messages via the press to the effect that if Sun does n't buy HyperSparc , then he 's going to turn around and do the Alpha RISC for DEC ( UX No 384 ) . |
| 20 | Kohl hopes that the council will become a way to revive these links at a time when Europe is very much looking inwards . |
| 21 | By the turn of the century , computing speed and power may be so great that real time , 3-D photo-realism may become a possibility . |
| 22 | Or in the end the crisis may become a fact of life . |
| 23 | Two Irish policemen had been shot dead at Soloheadbeg last Tuesday by fellow Irishmen : it looked as if Joseph Hyde 's prediction about Civil War might become a reality all too soon . |
| 24 | It has warned the site could become a danger to players if repairs are not carried out . |
| 25 | With swift action and investment from all the industrialised nations , acid rain could become a thing of the past . |
| 26 | The conference would become a rally before which John Major must perform , reading from a thirty-minute script cobbled together by a squad of clever young men . |
| 27 | Factory farming will become a thing of the past if we put our money where our mouths are and support ‘ kinder ’ food with our purses , argues Audrey Eyton |
| 28 | Soon , you suspect , that grassy mound will become a skateboard park . |
| 29 | The picture will become a lot clearer by Saturday night . |
| 30 | Feller 's believe the ham will become a talking point in the Victorian market . |