Example sentences of "[noun] become a [adj] issue " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Captains had therefore to use their own resources to pay their men and bargain as best they could with the Exchequer ; but there is little evidence that delays in payment became a political issue . |
| 2 | I reported the whole lot in a letter to the Guardian when the Press Council became a prominent issue , but it was never published . |
| 3 | As the sun dipped behind the trees , and then below the western hill , the prospects of the night became a silent issue . |
| 4 | Traditionally , county councils have been more preservationist-minded than many of their local district councils , often because their membership showed a higher proportion of large landowners who had a keen interest in preserving the countryside , even before concern for the environment became a fashionable issue . |
| 5 | Police violence against members of racial minorities became a national issue following the widespread broadcast on television of an amateur video showing white Los Angeles policemen brutally beating a black man who had been stopped for an alleged driving offence on March 3 . |
| 6 | Only with the rise of Khoneini did the politics and spirituality of Islam become a burning issue among strategists , conversationalists , politicians and writers . |
| 7 | In later Christian debate the history of the formation of the biblical canon has at times become a sensitive issue : were the books admitted to the church 's canon because they were self-authenticating , and a passive act of the community was to acknowledge their inherent authority ? |
| 8 | Increased Soviet Jewish immigration to Israel during 1989 and the prospect of a future mass exodus became a central issue of debate in early 1990 , affecting not only Arab-Israeli relations but also the close ties between Israel and the United States . |
| 9 | However Much rural housing became a public issue , which it did periodically until 1914 , the depression in agriculture generally ensured that little new building took place and it became more and more apparent that housing conditions in rural areas would receive no dramatic improvement without external intervention . |
| 10 | The sense that many potential carers are guarding their own positions in situations where the care of a relative becomes a live issue in a family , is matched by the very clear message that older people in particular are wary of asking too much of their relatives , or of ‘ having ’ to rely on them . |