Example sentences of "has [adv] become [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ALTHOUGH it was described in the 19th century as ‘ a land without music ’ , Britain has latterly become a musical powerhouse , particularly rich in its orchestras . |
| 2 | ‘ He behaved very much like the character he was playing , and everybody treated him like the character , the young kid , ’ recalled Chuck Julian , an actor in the film who has since become a theatrical agent . |
| 3 | Ken McReddie , an actor and assistant stage manager at the Playhouse , who has since become a theatrical agent , remembered Crawford being ‘ very energetic and noticeably good ’ , but there were other memories , too . |
| 4 | THE OFFICIAL , artist-approved re-release of a private pressing from ‘ 74 that has since become a sought-after collector 's item . |
| 5 | What does seem likely , at least in part , is that a practice which began in the Sixties — distinguishing themselves from their left-leaning peers through a pose of premature reactionism — has since become an indistinguishable part of their character . |
| 6 | Abbey National wrote its first major piece of leasing business in December 1990 and has since become the fastest-growing company in the field . |
| 7 | It has since become the dreaded archetype of business bureaucracy : the £10 letter . |
| 8 | The British Standard for Quality management has effectively become the international standard . |
| 9 | Now as Garry has already shown , the client server software market is now seen as a backward growing sector of the software industry because client server has effectively become the standard way of architecting new systems . |
| 10 | Eraut ( 1977 ) avoids specifying the content or outcomes of teacher development , having rejected the assumption that a teacher who has developed has necessarily become a better teacher . |
| 11 | While the hazards of the algae have been documented since the beginning of the century in places such as Australia and the United States , it has only become a serious problem in Europe recently . |
| 12 | Nigeria 's soil erosion problem has been recognised as extremely serious but conservation has only become a national concern during the Third National Plan ( 1975–80 ) . |
| 13 | MAINS WIRING has suddenly become a sought-after communication channel . |
| 14 | Who exactly is the Euro-fighter meant to defend Britannia and our European allies against now that the Berlin Wall is down , the Soviet Union is rushing towards disarmament and the Warsaw Pact has suddenly become the best investment opportunity since the post-war Marshall Plan ? |
| 15 | Who exactly is the Euro-fighter meant to defend Britannia and our European allies against now that the Berlin Wall is down , the Soviet Union is rushing towards disarmament and the Warsaw Pact has suddenly become the best investment opportunity since the post-war Marshall Plan ? |
| 16 | Our own sonar is now locked on to this device and the sonar room has suddenly become the focal centre of interest in the Kilcharran . |
| 17 | It has thus become a vicious circle of spoken mumbo jumbo . |
| 18 | A good working relationship with Commission officials has thus become a high priority for those law firms which offer advice on Community law to UK businesses . |
| 19 | Ironically , tour operators are strictly forbidden from seeking out belugas , because they are an endangered species , but the beluga has nevertheless become a powerful symbol of ecological neglect for those who have experienced the 3-hour cruises , complete with detailed lectures about the animal 's plight . |
| 20 | ‘ You must think what that means to a German composer who has just become an American citizen in the aftermath of the war , ’ Bamert says . |
| 21 | He has already become a familiar figure at St Wilfrid 's Primary School and he is also chaplain for St John 's Comprehensive . |
| 22 | He has already become a familiar figure at St Wilfrid 's Primary School , which he regularly visits both for pastoral duties and to enjoy the company of the pupils . |
| 23 | The desperate need for more golf courses in the UK has already become a hot potato within the sport , but Keith Wright , Secretary of the English Golf Union , added fuel to the fire recently by claiming the way to satisfy the golf boom was to build courses for the average 18 handicap golfer . |
| 24 | Despite the February agreement with Russia on troop withdrawal [ see p. 38771 ] , Landsbergis said that the troop concentration in Kaliningrad " has already become a historical anachronism , a threat to all its Baltic neighbours , and this threat will always be the greatest to us " . |
| 25 | In the mean time laparoscopic cholecystectomy has rapidly become a popular method . |
| 26 | Many of the elms have been replaced by Cupressus , notably the 18th fairway boundary hedge which has quickly become an effective screen and pleasing to look at . |
| 27 | Despite this , arrest for questioning has quickly become an attractive option for the police . |
| 28 | It has possibly become the dominant issue in several state races but has also produced a more compromising approach to the abortion issue . |
| 29 | Since its discovery by Avogadro in the early part of the nineteenth century , this knowledge has also become a major problem for homoeopathic practitioners . |
| 30 | The car has also become a huge hit with millions of visitors to the world-famous Universal Studios in Florida , where it now features as a popular ride based on the Spielberg films . |