Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] become a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once it meant political independence and freedom from commercial pressures , but given the increasingly prescriptive and bureaucratic nature of grant-aid that has become a dubious notion . |
| 2 | Then Protagoras went further in saying that ‘ man is the measure of things ’ , a saying that has become a secular creed for modern times . |
| 3 | LABOUR will restore to NHS control any hospital that opts to become a self-governing trust under the Government 's controversial health service changes , the party 's social services spokesman said yesterday . |
| 4 | Booth-capturing is no longer seen as an outrage and has become a normal part of electoral strategy , particularly in lawless Bihar . |
| 5 | What is not realized … is that although the movement from the cities has many other long-term causes , delinquency has now ceased to be merely a symptom of urban breakdown ( if it ever was ) … and has become a major contributor to it . ’ |
| 6 | Since the early 1960s it has undergone a transformation as great as that of the nineteenth century and has become a new settlement with virtually no connection with agriculture or coal . |
| 7 | It survives and has become a religious force in the village . |
| 8 | For such a psychology , mind has ceased to be a static structure or a substantial thing and has become a dynamic entity , a nexus of activities and a sequence of adaptive responses ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Visual communication , via graphics terminals , is an exciting activity , and J. D. Foley and A. Van Dam 's Fundamentals of Interactive Computer Graphics presents a mathematically difficult subject in an exciting way and deserves to become a major undergraduate text . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | TOMORROW is the end of the financial year , yesterday was the end of the account and , as has become a recent norm , those blue chip stocks going ex-dividend on Monday were in heavy demand . |