Example sentences of "have become a major [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Ed Dart , director of research at ICI Seeds , which has become a major international organisation since it started in 1985 , plays these down . |
| 2 | Already Bahrain has become a major international banking centre with over one hundred and fifty bank branches and representative offices , although oil market developments plus the political environment of the region could curb its rate of progress . |
| 3 | In addition , there is fanaticism and lack of religious tolerance , which has become a major human rights problem in many parts of the world . |
| 4 | The May festival has become a major social event in the racing calendar and includes a classic trial for the Derby . |
| 5 | Multicultural education has become a major educational concern in recent years , especially in schools . |
| 6 | The ‘ environment ’ had become a major political issue , and with the media constantly monitoring the progress of policy development , this resulted in active competition between elected officials to produce and be credited with strong legislation . |
| 7 | The violence began on June 4 in the city of Osh , which had a majority Uzbek population , sparked off by a dispute over the use of farmland for housing ( the scarcity of housing in Central Asia had become a major political issue in recent years , and had already been a factor in ethnic violence between Uzbeks and Meskhetians in the nearby Fergana valley in June 1989 , and in rioting in Tadjikistan in February 1990 — see pp. 36744-45 ; 37256-57 ) . |
| 8 | It is also the culmination of a fifteen-year period in which the care of children had become a major political concern , the focus of media attention and public outrage , and an ideological battleground for rival pressure groups and experts . |
| 9 | In practice , these attempts to control local government expenditure have become a major political issue in the past decade , with some authorities resisting central government controls . |