Example sentences of "it [verb] become [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As you know only too well , ’ he wrote after leaving Broadlands on one occasion to embark on a six-month cruise , ‘ to me it has become a second home in so many ways , and no one could ever have had such a splendid honorary grandpapa in the history of avuncular relationships . ’ |
| 2 | It is a cliche to say that it has become a way of life , and that the stone-throwing is only the public , propaganda face of a whole political , social , economic and psychological transformation — the Palestinians ' own perestroika — which both sustains the Intifada and lays the groundwork for the eventual transition to statehood . |
| 3 | Since then it has become a complete family business . |
| 4 | ‘ Since INR1 has been made off-limits to baby-boomers it has become a lot less attractive , ’ says Tim Schoonmaker , head of radio at EMAP , a magazine publisher once expected to bid . |
| 5 | However , the shame is that for some health service insiders it has become a way of life . |
| 6 | In Christianity , it has become a problem for many believers that the masculinity of the doctrine is stressed and the feminine aspects marginalized . |
| 7 | It has become a family ritual to visit Columbia Road Market in the east End on a spring Sunday to stock up with plants . |
| 8 | It has become a way of life for you . |
| 9 | It has become a cliche to say that Prague is the most beautiful city in Europe , but that fact still struck me as a stunning truth on this , my first visit there . |
| 10 | There can be no doubt that in the 112 years it has been standing on the embankment it has become a part of the London scene . |
| 11 | It has become a confrontation , them against us , ’ he said . |
| 12 | So much so that it has become a saw of pollsters and political commentators that ‘ election campaigns make no difference ’ . |
| 13 | It has become a tourist trap . ’ |
| 14 | Ever since Lord Bryce wrote his seminal work in the 1950s on the decline of the legislature in modern democracies , it has become a casual article of faith that parliaments , including Westminster , have become ever more supine in the face of all-powerful governments . |
| 15 | For the young , death is so unreal that it has become a pleasure to play with , part of the fantasy of violence . |
| 16 | The advent of the car and the discovery of Keld by motorists have lessened the remoteness and loneliness of the village and recently it has become a crossroads of long-distance walkers , the Pennine Way and the Coast to Coast Walk meeting briefly at a footbridge over the river . |
| 17 | Traditionally , however , the fine-boned Gloucester , which is about the same size as the Dairy Shorthorn , is a milk animal happy not to try and compete in the beef market with the neighbouring Hereford , and it has become a handsome , elegant house-cow or single-suckler , or a useful milk producer for the small-scale farmhouse cheese-maker . |
| 18 | It has become a ‘ social poison ’ like PCBs or asbestos , regardless of its real health effects . ’ |
| 19 | Any social debate about AIDS acquires a political dimension with associated prejudice about race , religion , social class and nationality ; in fact , it has become a direct threat to free travel between countries and to open international exchange and communication . |
| 20 | Recently it has become a port for a cross-Channel ferry service |
| 21 | It has become a market-town and a tourist centre as the ‘ gateway to the Highlands ’ . |
| 22 | Through its unique independent editorial stance and promotion of civil liberty and cultural awareness , it has become a forum for the expression of political innovation and understanding . |
| 23 | In a sense it has become a victim of its own success , for the company is still criticised for the derelict land that remains . |
| 24 | ‘ But it has become a big thing now , has n't it ? ’ he added with evident bewilderment . |
| 25 | It is no more than the action of clashing their teeth together as if sinking them into the neck of the prey , in the specialized killing bite of the cat , but it has become a sound signal that many observers have commented on . |
| 26 | It has become a hive of activity . |
| 27 | The logical structure admittedly is independent of the desires of the thinker , but the drive behind it is an enthusiasm , or an obsession to rid himself of an intolerable burden ; at the point when we notice there is no more joy or stress in his thinking , that it has become a routine , we begin to be afraid that his creative phase his passed . |
| 28 | Scottish salmon is excellent value for money and , because it is so quick and simple to cook , it has become a regular feature on family menus . |
| 29 | ‘ Most people already think it has become a farce . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It has become a way of life for me here — but it must be unsettling to the players . |