Example sentences of "become a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BRITONS have become a lonelier nation in the last 10 years , according to Census figures . |
| 2 | A fleet of 50,000 tons at the time of Drake had become a grander fleet of 200,000 tons a century later when Samuel Pepys was " clerk of the king 's ships " . |
| 3 | But , in recent years , alcoholism has become a greater and nationally recognised social problem . |
| 4 | Since the heady days of Henson it had become a duller and more local object . |
| 5 | ‘ We have learned many lessons since our game against New Zealand in August and have become a better team because we have travelled and toured as a squad . |
| 6 | Branson 's absence had made office life more predictable , less exciting , but Virgin had become a better record company . |
| 7 | The rewards will be improvements in the quality of relationships and in the effectiveness of the school , measuring how the school has become a nicer place for all , calls for changes to be shown across a range of measures : |
| 8 | The library has become a closer ally of subject work partly because of the emphasis given by the national curriculum to study skills and information technology . |
| 9 | Since the Second World War the Sussex has become a stronger colour-marker , much neater of shoulder than the powerful draught type of old , shorter in the leg and better in the hindquarters , and it still produces lean , marbled meat , especially in the prime cuts . |
| 10 | That is why we have not become a stronger mass movement . |