Example sentences of "become a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Bureaucracy was becoming a major issue in contemporary China . |
| 3 | But it 's becoming a major issue as landfill sites fill up . |
| 4 | Increasingly in universities and colleges modernity is becoming a major concept whose usage is increasingly following American philosophical and sociological meanings . |
| 5 | Provision for children with special educational needs is becoming a major problem , leading to overspending in a considerable proportion of local authority education budgets . |
| 6 | But he 's confident his knowledge of the site and his presence here will prevent crime becoming a major problem . |
| 7 | Detective Inspector Keith Felton , head of the Northumbria Drug Squad , says Ecstasy is becoming a major problem . |
| 8 | The Enterprise Lecture is now becoming a major event in the University calendar and this year 's lecture was an outstanding success . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He then turned to becoming a major builder of railways . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | WIRRAL Safer City Project may become a major casualty of financial cutbacks following withdrawal of Home Office funding next spring . |
| 19 | I knew the risk was there but it did n't become a major concern . |
| 20 | In addition , he pointed to the influence of union leadership which can have a decisive impact on union membership growth via the policies and organising techniques which are adopted , and governmental encouragement which may also become a major factor in promoting union growth . |
| 21 | A 135 acre site between King 's Cross and St Pancras will become a major interchange where passengers from the North-East and North Yorkshire will be able to change for trains to destinations as diverse as Brighton and Brussels or Portsmouth and Paris . |
| 22 | The maintenance of soil structure and fertility can become a major problem , particularly when the emphasis is on cutting for hay or silage , both of which are ‘ extractive ’ crops . |
| 23 | Such a double-fisted attack has so far posed no extraordinary problems for librarians , but a series of events over the last few years illustrates that the issue of the law and censorship could become a major problem in the management of libraries . |
| 24 | This in turn becomes easily transposed onto their owner , and can become a major problem in later life . |
| 25 | However , this does not become a major problem until the late eighteenth century . |
| 26 | The DipHE did not become a major feature of the higher education landscape . |
| 27 | I therefore decided to strengthen and redeploy the AIB team in preparation for what would obviously become a major task for the next eighteen months or so . |
| 28 | Lester had discovered an actor whom he admired and believed would become a major star . |
| 29 | But truthfully , none of the Holy Trinity really imagined , in their wildest dreams , that things would go this well , that Enya would become a major world star , with her records selling in vast quantities throughout the world . |
| 30 | Major growth : Shah thinks this could become a major growth area . |