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

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1 As diverse evidence also indicates that the stars found in star-forming regions lose mass either from their surfaces or from surrounding accretion disks , a causal connection between stellar mass loss and the H-H objects has become a widespread article of faith .
2 The flows of trade and capital discussed in sections 1.3.2 to 1.3.4 indicate that the growth of these complex two-way flows has become the most important factor in the UK 's international position .
3 Novell Inc has formed a new business unit at the old Digital Research base in Monterey , California to focus on helping customers use commodity hardware and Novell 's client operating systems to build low-cost turnkey systems for manufacturing and service industry applications such as manufacturing process control , industrial automation and support of point-of-sale terminals — where it claims the Digital Research FlexOS has become the standard .
4 The work of previously marginalised artists has become an area of rich speculation among art dealers priced out of the ‘ modern masters ’ market .
5 Rescheduling of such debts has become a necessity for the private banks , and a practice which has emerged is that new agreements have been made conditional on such countries accepting the stringent programmes of the IMF which are intended to promote effective adjustment of a country 's balance of payments and ensure that the use of Fund resources is temporary .
6 In a survey of small businesses , Nat West said that late payment of trade debts has become a major problem over the past year .
7 But in the corporate structure this has become very much more common , in relation to a highly organized and fully capitalized market in which the direct commissioning of planned saleable products has become a normal mode .
8 But since then , 27-year-old Hall capped 21 times has become a central part of Wales ' dramatic recent resurgence .
9 The creation and use of computerised databases has become a key feature of the international information economy .
10 The poll is not analysed , but it is striking that countries where pollution from cars has become a major problem have the highest percentages of people who believe that the state of the environment requires urgent action : 85 per cent in Italy ( at the top of the list ) , where Milan , one of the world 's smoggiest cities , now has car-free days and the capital Rome also suffers severely from vehicle congestion and pollution ; 84 per cent in Greece , where restrictions on cars in Athens are imposed to save the citizens ' lungs and their ancient monuments ; 80 per cent in the most vehicle emission-conscious country in Europe , West Germany , whose dead trees have become the symbol of pollution .
11 Judge Geoffrey Vos told Brendan Glorney : ‘ In this particular part of the country the stealing of or from cars has become an absolute epidemic .
12 But comparing rivals ' performances has become a discipline in its own right , and the consultants are out in force
13 RICS Books has become the agent in Europe for the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping and the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing .
14 Or I might suspect too much vehemence in his insistence that he loves gibbons , and suggest that he is deceiving himself , that visiting the animals has become a habit without much joy in it .
15 Ben Hope 's impressive 3040 feet has become a meagre 927 metres to satisfy Brussels and Luxembourg , who could n't care less .
16 The first involves the statutory local planning process ; for the location of quarries , mines , factories or holiday complexes in rural areas has become a source of conflict among local social groups .
17 On a ‘ Factory Walk About ’ , the most recent developments are as follows : — at the ‘ top end ’ , the old Wilton winding areas has become the pattern room which moved into its new location in April .
18 One of Brazil 's biggest industrial areas has become an environmental time-bomb which could explode at any time .
19 A final threat to parliamentary government is increasing technocracy : ‘ the modern state in all advanced countries has become a formidable machine of which the control lies less in the hands of elected representatives of the people than of technicians , specialists , experts .
20 The role of film licences has become an increasingly prominent one in the last few years .
21 Catering for the sports enthusiasts has become a top priority for the weekend resort .
22 Her declared love of cakes has become an established part of her repertoire .
23 The development of massive and little used collections in universities has become a matter of custom — a practice scarcely requiring justification , unless taken to task .
24 It is not just a coincidence , nor is it simply a matter of ‘ preferred newspeak ’ that the ‘ local financial management ’ ( LFM ) of the pilot projects of the mid-1980s has become the ‘ Local Management of Schools ( LMS ) required by legislation .
25 So exploiting the capacity of existing stations has become a priority .
26 ‘ Charles 's problem has been that he married a 19-year-old inexperienced girl who over the years has become a world figure , the most famous woman on the planet .
27 The disposal of trade , effluents has become an important factor in running factories in many industries all over the world , and attention has to be given to methods of dealing with waste waters in order to select the most economical methods , both in running costs and in capital expenditure .
28 What was once a landscape of banks of back-to-backs has become an asymmetrical mess of flats and maisonettes .
29 What was once a landscape of banks of back-to-backs has become an asymmetrical mess of flats and maisonettes .
30 Moss Bros has become the first high street retailer to launch a privilege card that clocks up points towards discounts at the till , giving customers money off at the group 's stores and other outlets .
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