Example sentences of "have become more [adj] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the US dollar buying only 116 Japanese yen , US companies should be slashing their prices in Japan — but they claim that they ca n't — Apple Japan Inc and Sun Microsystems Inc say they are not benefiting from the strong yen because they buy so much from Japan , and that has become more expensive in dollar terms as the yen has risen . |
| 2 | In general , the topic has become more prominent in management and trade union circles over the last few years . |
| 3 | The use of computers in cartography has had a number of effects ; first of all , cartography as a discipline has become more independent of geography . |
| 4 | A number of Community Mothers and parents have become more involved in community activities such as mother and toddler groups and Adult Education programmes involving literacy and personal development as a result of their contact with the Community Mothers programme , so that once the process of change and empowerment has begun for them it develops a momentum in other directions . |
| 5 | These areas of conduct have become more subject to self-constraint and less subject to external constraint . |
| 6 | Apart from the hard core of settlers and Greater Israel ideologues , many ordinary people have become more open to discussion of the future of the West Bank and Gaza . |
| 7 | Apart from the hard core of settlers and Greater Israel ideologues , many ordinary people have become more open to discussion of the future of the West Bank and Gaza . |
| 8 | How do smaller companies meet their capital raising requirements , particularly in emergence from recession ; particularly in the face of venture capitalists , many of whom have become more renowned for risk averse than risk taking strategies ; particularly in the face of clearing banks ' policy which does not exactly involve them rushing to throw loan finance about as they emerge from one of the most traumatic periods in their history ; and particularly in the face of the closure of the Unlisted Securities Market ( USM ) with no successor currently in sight ? |
| 9 | ‘ Young women have become more realistic about marriage and managing the conflict between career and family . ’ |