Example sentences of "has become a [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has become a recognisable stage in the growth process to use external consultants . |
| 2 | It survives and has become a religious force in the village . |
| 3 | The study of ultracold collisions has become a fertile subject in itself because the physics of such collisions is fundamentally different from the physics of ‘ conventional ’ collisions . |
| 4 | Ireland has become a recent entrant in this market with its International Financial Services Centre legislation . |
| 5 | For the time being , however , the political implications of English insularity were overshadowed , for Orwell , by his belief that ‘ patriotism , against which the socialists fought for so long , has become a tremendous lever in their hands . ’ |
| 6 | As football has become a big-business enterprise in this country , and since the players , who once were seen as members of the same working-class community as the fans themselves , have become rich superstars , the close identity between fans and their team has been eroded . |
| 7 | Palestinians find it almost impossible to recall their final departure from Palestine without considerable emotion , for it was not only a tragedy for individual families but has become a critical moment in modern Palestinian history . |
| 8 | Clearly it is no mere anthropomorphism to point out that the functional relation between these two and their capacity in man to render the species largely independent from and a controller of his natural environment has become a prime factor in the advance of man over other primate species . |
| 9 | The CBI , it continues , has become a powerful voice in lobbying the Government and leading British industry . |
| 10 | Information technology has become a central element in the bitter and disorderly competition of the post modern world . |
| 11 | Since I carried out this survey , education has become a central issue in public debate , particularly as a result of the changes contained within the Education Reform Act . |
| 12 | From being a peripheral aspect of police practice , unrecognized in the courts and rarely adverted to as a ground for arrest , detention followed by interrogation has become a central pivot in the battle against crime . |
| 13 | Without it , she has become a virtual prisoner in her own home ; she is ruled by the clock and the hours worked by her local authority helpers . |
| 14 | " A point has now been reached , " it declared , " where the continued dynamic development of the Community has become an imperative not only because it corresponds to the direct interests of the 12 member states but also because it has become a crucial element in the progress that is being made in establishing a reliable framework for peace and security in Europe . " |
| 15 | It was mentioned in the previous chapter that an awareness of the marketing environment has become a key element in the ‘ modern-day ’ approach to marketing . |
| 16 | The company has now started flying from Gatwick , and , to help to stimulate demand for the Gatwick operation , Airtours has become a regular advertiser in the South East , particularly on the Underground , where it promotes its holidays to the price-conscious sun seeker . |
| 17 | What 's really moved me over the last three or four years , as AIDS has become a major threat in this country , and especially since spring 1985 with the rising public hysteria about it , is that it 's brought out tremendous reserves of strength in lesbians and gay men which show the importance of the achievements of the previous fifteen years . |
| 18 | Because of changes in society in general , and in the student and academic population in particular , bias has become a major issue in academic writing ( reflected for example in current arguments over " political correctness " ) . |
| 19 | And it has meant that product design has become a major factor in product management . |
| 20 | of Britain 's exports — it has become a major factor in world trade and international power-broking . |
| 21 | Time has moved on since you first started dealing with someone who has become a major influence in your life and now you need to re-work your thoughts and opinions . |
| 22 | The dependence of the individual on the group and on certain individuals within it has become a major theme in any analysis of Japanese society . |
| 23 | I believe that nationalization has become a dirty word in this country over many a year . |
| 24 | Maastricht has become a rude word in Euro-jargon and is being blamed — unfairly — for all the ‘ turbulence ’ in Europe , according to CBI president Sir Michael Angus . |
| 25 | Picking the select few to make the transition from a successful playing career in football to television reporting has become a minor entertainment in itself . |
| 26 | It has become a minor occasion in the art world . |
| 27 | In recent hot summers , red spider mite has become a severe problem in some gardens . |
| 28 | Comtek ‘ 92 can , it seems , still justifiably be billed as Russia 's main trade event : this year the show attracted over 70 hard currency-paying exhibitors , most of which were Western companies ; that so many companies are willing to pay $350 per square metre is testimony to the fact that the Russian market retains the interest of a significant portion of Western companies ; show organiser Crocus International says it invited 200,000 ‘ specialists ’ to the show , but in reality , Comtek has become a popular event in all senses of the word with most companies using the show as an opportunity for general exposure to the Russian market rather than as a means of generating many hard sales leads . |
| 29 | The ease with which this theft was carried out and the incompetent way in which it was investigated makes one wonder if America is not secretly pleased that Israel has become a nuclear power in the Middle East so that it can act as tripwire in any conflict . |
| 30 | Since then the ‘ Eady problem ’ has become a classical reference in the subject : J. G. Charney , the leading US worker in the same field , acknowledged that Eady 's treatment was exceptional , being more comprehensible and more physically realistic than his own seminal contribution . |