Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] have become a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Goremykin , the premier had become a mere figurehead in charge of no major department , and individual ministers reverted to reporting independently and in haphazard fashion to the Tsar . |
| 2 | Used in this way , the computer has become a valuable background resource in British schools rather than an agent of revolutionary change . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Welcome back : Over the last fifty years the car has become a vital part of most people 's lives . |
| 5 | The pub has become a real community centre , and attracts locals from the villages . |
| 6 | Indeed , the law has become a convenient shield for politicians . |
| 7 | The committee has become a powerful instrument for the exposure of waste and inefficiency . |
| 8 | Yet the village has become a favoured home for commuters . |
| 9 | The answer is that , for many of us , the cat has become a living toy rather than a real animal . |
| 10 | It might have sounded relevant if the Community had become a unitary European state , but it has not . |
| 11 | Most noticeably the mouse has become a prominent computer accessory . |
| 12 | Suddenly the room had become a total blur and Shiona 's limbs felt as though they belonged to someone else . |
| 13 | In December the Ethics Committee announced that the investigation had become a formal one which could lead to action against the senators if they were found guilty of infringing Senate rules . |
| 14 | One hesitates to suggest that the huge majority of Smiths converts were male ( this was to change quite dramatically later ) and that the band had become a male vision , an ironic twist when considering the Morrissey hatred of gender divides . |
| 15 | The shapes of the pine trees on the far side of the river were already indistinguishable : the forest had become a dark impenetrable expanse that stretched from the water 's edge right up to the horizon . |
| 16 | The rumbling had become a steady , low roar , that seemed to be coming as much from inside his head as from all about him . |
| 17 | Muriel Belcher had previously run a club called the Music Box in Leicester Square and which during the war had become a theatrical rendezvous . |
| 18 | In Ket , a magazine published by Teeside Polytechnic Students ' Union , Gedge explained the reasons why the group had become a magnificent obsession . |
| 19 | ‘ Of course , it is n't the Done Thing to poach people — let alone a whole unit — from an Ally , ’ George went on , ‘ but our East German operations had completely fallen apart , the place had become a total black hole as far as The Firm knew , and they were desperate . |
| 20 | Joe continued to look over his shoulder to where the figure in the distance had become a mere speck . |
| 21 | Yet among those who watched them on television screens as they did so were many who had been born before there were aeroplanes , and even before the motor-car had become a familiar object . |
| 22 | Founded in the 1950s to encourage ecumenicalism , by the early 1970s the OCU had become a campaigning moral protest group , opposing abortion , liberal divorce laws , and seeking the ‘ advancement of Christian values ’ in education and broadcasting . |
| 23 | As soon as this is big enough to cling to , the speed of construction accelerates and within a few days the wall has become a semicircular cup of creamy white interlacing strings that is just big enough to hold the customary clutch of two eggs . |
| 24 | Soon they will be playing football together ; it was British troops who brought football to Burma years earlier and the game has become a national one . |
| 25 | For some time before this heavy clouds had increased and in the west the sky had become a dense purplish-black , a range of mountainous cumulus against which the outlines of buildings took on a curious clarity and the trees stood out livid and sickly bright . |
| 26 | In fact , unknown to them , the clearing of the gas had become a major problem . |
| 27 | The lake has become a grey , forbidding sea . |
| 28 | The dress has been packed away , the wedding album has finally found a resting place and the honeymoon has become a fond but distant memory . |
| 29 | It has miraculously survived to the present day when the hunt has become a social ritual , demanding special dress and even to the ‘ blooding ’ of the tyro , an obvious piece of symbolism . |
| 30 | The tail of the bull has become a contentious issue amongst geomantic experts . |