Example sentences of "[noun] has become a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since Siegfried Gohr left the Kunsthalle to become Director of the Ludwig , the Kunsthalle has become a mere exhibition space without a director and without a programme . |
| 2 | As diverse evidence also indicates that the stars found in star-forming regions lose mass either from their surfaces or from surrounding accretion disks , a causal connection between stellar mass loss and the H-H objects has become a widespread article of faith . |
| 3 | Experimentation with colour and support has become a major preoccupation for him . |
| 4 | The Platinum Award has become a regular feature of Edinburgh College of Art 's jewellery curriculum and for several years students from the section have made it to the finals — frequently winning at least one of the prizes . |
| 5 | Reasons are that the PC has become the conventional engineering tool ; most DSP applications programs run under ms-dos ; hardware interfacing of target DSP boards to the PC has become a standard practice , and the PC represents a low cost entry point into the field of DSP development . |
| 6 | Used in this way , the computer has become a valuable background resource in British schools rather than an agent of revolutionary change . |
| 7 | Palestinian stubbornness has become a major stumbling block to the peace process as conceived by the United States . |
| 8 | In a survey of small businesses , Nat West said that late payment of trade debts has become a major problem over the past year . |
| 9 | In its idyllic surroundings of the Herefordshire Wye Valley Courtfield has become a natural haven of peace . |
| 10 | If Nigel de Gruchy of the National Association of Schoolmasters and Women Teachers ( and there 's a catchy title if ever there was one ) can not weave any more magic into his protest than ‘ The national curriculum has become a political football being booted up and down the right wing of the Conservative Party , ’ he does n't deserve to be taken seriously . |
| 11 | But in the corporate structure this has become very much more common , in relation to a highly organized and fully capitalized market in which the direct commissioning of planned saleable products has become a normal mode . |
| 12 | But since then , 27-year-old Hall capped 21 times has become a central part of Wales ' dramatic recent resurgence . |
| 13 | Klima may perhaps be a common name in Czechoslovakia , and Kundera has become a common name in the conversation of Western readers , who are drawn to these reciprocal concerns of his . |
| 14 | The creation and use of computerised databases has become a key feature of the international information economy . |
| 15 | In only a half a century , television bought violence has become a central theme to the life of our young people . |
| 16 | Small traces may not hurt , but in households where modern hygiene has become a fanatical pursuit , the unhappy pet is at some risk . |
| 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 | In the long battle to combat the headbanging tendency of the far left , Labour has become a sterile shell : sanitised of socialism , anaesthetised against activism . |
| 19 | Welcome back : Over the last fifty years the car has become a vital part of most people 's lives . |
| 20 | Since then , Australia 's become something of an , ahem , spiritual home for David , and Nic has become a close confidant and inspiration . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Rising crime has become a key election issue . |
| 23 | And Tulse Hill has become a trendy place |
| 24 | The poll is not analysed , but it is striking that countries where pollution from cars has become a major problem have the highest percentages of people who believe that the state of the environment requires urgent action : 85 per cent in Italy ( at the top of the list ) , where Milan , one of the world 's smoggiest cities , now has car-free days and the capital Rome also suffers severely from vehicle congestion and pollution ; 84 per cent in Greece , where restrictions on cars in Athens are imposed to save the citizens ' lungs and their ancient monuments ; 80 per cent in the most vehicle emission-conscious country in Europe , West Germany , whose dead trees have become the symbol of pollution . |
| 25 | In recent years tunny fishing has become a popular sport around Madeira , and there are now many sport fishing boats available for hire . |
| 26 | In truth the rolling review has become a running review circumstances are changing with no respect for the committee cycle . |
| 27 | Tom then decided to join a club which admits women ( not all of them do ) and snooker has become a shared interest . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Now his pub entrance has become a mini Jobcentre . |
| 30 | Lately , that pleasure has become a dual-edged sword . |