Example sentences of "have become a [noun] " in BNC.

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31 So Herbert Chapman established a pattern in relations between directors and manager which has become a feature of many of the major clubs , where the only veto on the manager 's power is the sack if he fails to bring results .
32 The city 's persistent smog problem , known locally as nefos , or cloud , has become a feature of Athenian life .
33 Expressed in developmental , rather than structural terms , one can describe the condition of the citizens of total welfare states as childlike , for not only are they likely to be regressed in developmental terms for the reasons already given , they are also childlike in relative terms to the state which has become a parent , and an omnipotent one at that .
34 Expressed in developmental , rather than structural terms , one can describe the condition of the citizens of total welfare states as childlike , for not only are they likely to be regressed in developmental terms for the reasons already given , they are also childlike in relative terms to the state which has become a parent , and an omnipotent one at that .
35 My father in his retirement has become a computer hobbyist , upgrading constantly , browsing through those 500-page magazines which sell the same computer in different boxes , assembled by underpaid and exploited single mothers in the Midlands .
36 Parkin criticized her opponents as " anarchists " , and said that " the Green Party has become a handicap for Green politics " .
37 The study concludes that ‘ She has become a mistress of the pre-planned , carefully packaged appearance . ’ .
38 DELIGHTED Dawn Eddery has become a mum — thanks to a hospital waiting list .
39 DARLINGTON has become a blackspot for cycling accidents according to road safety officials .
40 It is said that Britain has become a country of High Mass Consumption .
41 Built in 1674 , this timbered building , renovated in good taste , has become a country inn of considerable charm .
42 Britain has become a country where almost every aspect of industrial relations are now covered by legal restraints .
43 In Christianity , it has become a problem for many believers that the masculinity of the doctrine is stressed and the feminine aspects marginalized .
44 An undercover detective said : ‘ Stalking has become a problem that we must take seriously . ’
45 There is a popular perception that the modern family has become a problem , that increasingly the family renounces its former responsibilities towards the care and maintenance of older relatives .
46 As the Bergers ( 1984 ) point out , the ‘ family has become a problem ’ in contemporary society .
47 In so far as bureaucratic power has become a problem for modern democracy , it has been a result of the inadequacies of political control as much as the internal features of bureaucracies themselves .
48 In old buildings this has become a problem , but one we have overcome by the design of modular cabinets .
49 Because of the very obvious advantages of growing in containers the practice , in far too many hands , has become a circus .
50 To this extent we could say that the cultural materialists re-assert a form of reflection theory , where history has become a mirror in which contemporary political priorities have been substituted for the former certain ground of Marxist analysis .
51 FOLLOWING our POT LUCK feature has become a licence to print money in recent weeks .
52 The man who is every parent 's nightmare has become a dad himself , with a new-born son to keep him as whacky as ever .
53 Broadly speaking , a man 's experience of grief when he loses his life-partner is similar to a woman 's ; but there are one or two important differences worth bearing in mind if you are caring for an elderly parent who has become a widower .
54 The English translation of this book The Practice of Aromatherapy has become a classic for aromatherapists .
55 None of what he found now seems novel but that is , perhaps , because the study has become a classic .
56 The Lord of the Rings has become a classic .
57 Their third single , All Right Now , has become a classic for people with long hair and tight jeans .
58 How to tell when a person has become a friend is the latest of many difficult questions to which Elizabeth struggles to find answers .
59 The able , eloquent Allan Savory has become a friend .
60 Nevertheless , in our culture at least adolescence exists and , in fact , has become a sub-culture of its own with considerable social and commercial power .
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