Example sentences of "become [art] major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The degree to which an individual possessed rights over the rice crop thus defined his position in the whole socio-economic system , and became the major indicator of wealth and status for most of the population . |
| 2 | The process of training — small affinity groups , personal regeneration , spiritual exercises — became the major activity of many PPU groups . |
| 3 | When Trieste became the major outlet for the trade of central Europe , Dalmatians were found in ships of the Lloyd Triestino line . |
| 4 | the use of pesticides , which had grave implications for creatures at the top of food chains where the chemicals were concentrated , became the major problem of the 60s ; oil pollution of the sea was sometimes catastrophic in the 70s . |
| 5 | The Palais Club had a membership in 1928 ‘ well past the ½ thousand mark ’ and it grew fast as dancing became the major pastime of the 30s and 40s . |
| 6 | During the 1880s the poll-tax was abolished and indirect taxes — especially the liquor monopoly — became the major source of government revenue . |
| 7 | Episcopalianism , combined with legitimism , therefore , became the major ground for Scottish Jacobitism . |
| 8 | Faced with a collapsing economy and the prospect of becoming the major player in a new government next year , the ANC 's national executive committee said it would call for an end to economic sanctions as soon as there was agreement with the government on dates for an all-racial election and for the establishment of an interim government of national unity . |
| 9 | This proportion will change with gas becoming the major energy export in the early 1990s . |
| 10 | Foreign trade responded to the opportunities opened up by the outlets to the Baltic and later the Black Sea , grain becoming the major export . |
| 11 | The chronic trade deficits have resulted in the USA becoming the major debtor country in the sense that other countries ' savings have flowed to the USA , attracted by relatively high rates of interest and the apparent security of investment in the world 's most powerful economy . |
| 12 | The move was provoked by evidence that Venezuela was fast becoming a major centre for the laundering of drug profits and the storage and shipment of cocaine abroad , especially to growing markets in Europe . |
| 13 | Bureaucracy was becoming a major issue in contemporary China . |
| 14 | But it 's becoming a major issue as landfill sites fill up . |
| 15 | Increasingly in universities and colleges modernity is becoming a major concept whose usage is increasingly following American philosophical and sociological meanings . |
| 16 | Provision for children with special educational needs is becoming a major problem , leading to overspending in a considerable proportion of local authority education budgets . |
| 17 | But he 's confident his knowledge of the site and his presence here will prevent crime becoming a major problem . |
| 18 | Detective Inspector Keith Felton , head of the Northumbria Drug Squad , says Ecstasy is becoming a major problem . |
| 19 | The Enterprise Lecture is now becoming a major event in the University calendar and this year 's lecture was an outstanding success . |
| 20 | At the same time as teacher education and the new colleges of higher education were becoming a major component of the CNAA 's repertoire of subjects and institutions , the Council and the NCDAD were coming closer together . |
| 21 | He then turned to becoming a major builder of railways . |
| 22 | Berkshire 's outlet was Reading , situated on the Kennet just above its confluence with the Thames , and on the way to becoming a major river-port , forwarding malt and meal to London , to which Great Marlow shipped Chiltern corn brought down from High Wycombe . |
| 23 | What prevents sabbatarianism becoming a major vote-loser for the Party is the absence of serious competition from any group to the right on the constitution . |
| 24 | This once mighty state was now again becoming a major power in Europe , thanks less to its nominal ruler , Philip V , than to his prime minister , Cardinal Giulio Alberoni . |
| 25 | As the price of computers decreases and as they become incorporated in a wide range of domestic goods , from cookers to calculators , the ordinary consumer is becoming a major purchaser of electronic gadgetry . |
| 26 | He served in the committee concerning accounts within weeks of election as an MP , later joining the committee for martial law and the committee for Irish affairs , at which he attended assiduously , becoming a major figure . |
| 27 | Speaking in Brussels , where the Community dimension of the drama is becoming a major debate , the Labour leader , Mr Neil Kinnock , said : ‘ Freedom is magnetic and it is natural that the people of Eastern Europe should lunge for it at their first chance . ’ |
| 28 | But the war was here the occasion for their collective expression , at a time when , with the threat of invasion passed , debates about the future shape of British society were becoming a major ingredient in political discussion . |
| 29 | Age discrimination is so intertwined with the social fabric that legal action must become the major objective . |
| 30 | With Labour having scrapped its unilateralist defence policy , the ability of its economics team to manage the economy responsibly could become the major issue in the next election campaign . |