Example sentences of "[noun sg] has become [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The escalating costs associated with handling this raw material and the uncertain consequences of future government asbestos regulation … have necessitated our decision to work towards the elimination of asbestos from all our friction products and this eventuality has become an essential part of our long-term production and manufacturing plans .
2 Experimentation with colour and support has become a major preoccupation for him .
3 Change has become an ever-present aspect of life , dispelling many of the comfortable dogmas of the past , and offering the working population a new diversity and richness of opportunity .
4 Tartus has become the primary maintenance facility for Soviet submarines operating in the Mediterranean .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 SMOKING has become the main health concern of companies , with a sharp rise in the number introducing policies to control smoking at work , a conference on the issue was told yesterday .
9 Used in this way , the computer has become a valuable background resource in British schools rather than an agent of revolutionary change .
10 In addition , if in this century racism has become the prototypical instantiation of the concept of ‘ prejudice ’ , then similar justificatory strategies can be expected , when people deny racism and prejudice : in denying that one is racist , one is denying that one is prejudiced , and vice versa .
11 Palestinian stubbornness has become a major stumbling block to the peace process as conceived by the United States .
12 This versatile long sleeved shirt has become an essential part of my wardrobe .
13 The Finaghy branch has become an important link in the chain , as far as the Halifax Property Services operation in the south Belfast and Lisburn area is concerned .
14 Because of the population turnaround in many rural areas , the definition of a rural community in a widespread and confused literature has become an elusive concept ( Lewis , 1979 ) and although most parts of the UK have reached Time C in Figure 5.4a , some areas are characterized by a mixture of repopulation and depopulation in Zone III , and depopulation and repopulation in Zone II , so that the hallmarks of both the population and depopulation quadrants of Figure 5.4b can be found together in a very small area .
15 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 .
16 What will be the likely effects of such judgements on someone for whom practising meditation has become an important part of life , perhaps helping them to cope with difficulties and gain a sense of freedom and peace ?
17 In only a half a century , television bought violence has become a central theme to the life of our young people .
18 Small traces may not hurt , but in households where modern hygiene has become a fanatical pursuit , the unhappy pet is at some risk .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 Welcome back : Over the last fifty years the car has become a vital part of most people 's lives .
22 Consequently , for lack of a better alternative , the car has become the favoured means of personal expression , or as an Autobacs Seven director , Kenzo Kido , puts it , ‘ the equivalent of life space .
23 COMPUTERISATION has become an urgent problem for Britain 's 36,000 family doctors .
24 The Underground has become an alternative gallery for artist 's work .
25 Midsummer has become the high point of the operatic year in London , especially where new work is concerned .
26 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 .
27 Rising crime has become a key election issue .
28 What happens to ‘ Jacki ’ at the end of his contract is unclear , but uncertainty has become an occupational hazard .
29 In recent years tunny fishing has become a popular sport around Madeira , and there are now many sport fishing boats available for hire .
30 In truth the rolling review has become a running review circumstances are changing with no respect for the committee cycle .
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