Example sentences of "have become a [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finding a roof over your head has become a real problem for many more thousands of young people seeking a home of their own . |
| 2 | ‘ Subject to sections 7 and 8 below , a person who has become a rehabilitated person for the purposes of this Act in respect of a conviction shall be treated for all purposes in law as a person who has not committed or been charged with or prosecuted for or convicted of or sentenced for the offence or offences which were the subject of that conviction ; and , notwithstanding the provisions of any other enactment or rule of law to the contrary , but subject as aforesaid — |
| 3 | The A34 main road from Southampton to the midlands has become a familiar venue for contraflows and queues . |
| 4 | His book , 30 Ans du Cinema Americain has become a seminal text for cinephiles everywhere . |
| 5 | 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 : |
| 6 | As we shall see later , the ongoing health of children in Seascale has become a critical issue for the nuclear industry . |
| 7 | In recent years , however , the canine colon has become a standard model for colonic motility studies and , although it displays some kinds of contractile activity not seen in man , it has been useful for investigating neuropharmacological interactions . |
| 8 | The committee has become a powerful instrument for the exposure of waste and inefficiency . |
| 9 | ( Fiji , despite its relative economic unimportance , has become a major centre for air traffic controlling , refuelling , stopovers and crew changes . ) |
| 10 | Now owned and being developed by chip manufacturer , Intel , DVI has become a major focus for multimedia . |
| 11 | The Oxford Advanced Learner 's Dictionary ( or OALD ) uses such markup , and for this reason has become a major resource for the current project . |
| 12 | Experimentation with colour and support has become a major preoccupation for him . |
| 13 | The autumn show by the Bebington amateur filmmaking group has become a traditional date for transport buffs . |
| 14 | Isolation of genes from yeast artificial chromosomes ( YACs ) has become a challenging task for integrating physical and transcriptional maps . |
| 15 | The M4 Corridor , stretching from Heathrow airport to Bristol is one of the most prosperous parts of Britain and has become a favoured location for electronics firms . |
| 16 | Yet the village has become a favoured home for commuters . |
| 17 | Mills and Boon has become a generic term for a mass popular fiction for women , and with that metonym has defined an area of study of popular cultural forms . |
| 18 | Potentially far reaching changes are occurring in Brazilian society and the health care system has become a focal point for change . |
| 19 | Indeed , the law has become a convenient shield for politicians . |
| 20 | Catering for the sports enthusiasts has become a top priority for the weekend resort . |
| 21 | Now past its notorious heyday , it has become a favourite attraction for Schiaparelli 's less sophisticated visitors , who fondly imagine they have located a corner of the city that retains the historic charm of frontier days . |
| 22 | Then Protagoras went further in saying that ‘ man is the measure of things ’ , a saying that has become a secular creed for modern times . |
| 23 | Obsessed by recordings of Gigli 's voice , his life has become a shadowy search for the answers he feels only Gigli can provide . |
| 24 | And because it allows more tests in less time , mathematical modelling has become an essential tool for aircraft designers . |
| 25 | FLY tying has become an absorbing hobby for Jim Lister as he puts the finishing touches to another specimen during his lunch break in the BMK canteen . |
| 26 | Alexander Rutskoi , the vice-president who has become an ineffectual standard-bearer for the opposition , claimed that there ‘ can be no talk of overall popular support for Mr Yeltsin ’ , because a majority of all voters either voted against the president or did not vote . |
| 27 | The Underground has become an alternative gallery for artist 's work . |
| 28 | The NPV method has become an acceptable method for determining the financial feasibility of a project . |
| 29 | In our age this has become an urgent question for many people and many others have left Christianity behind them . |
| 30 | COMPUTERISATION has become an urgent problem for Britain 's 36,000 family doctors . |