Example sentences of "[noun] become a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How to avert both these dangers became a major concern among employers , politicians and in the press , although optimism remained that solutions could be found . |
| 2 | Since association ( or multi-employer ) bargaining became a major part of the industrial relations systems of these countries the specific collective bargaining role of employers ' associations now requires more detailed analysis . |
| 3 | Two years ago I decided to study the subject and healthy eating became a major household experience as we tried and tested GH recipes . |
| 4 | Neville Chamberlain , for instance , expressed fears that British and imperial interests might suffer if the United States became a major player in world affairs . |
| 5 | But he 's confident his knowledge of the site and his presence here will prevent crime becoming a major problem . |
| 6 | One of these was Piccadilly Circus , the authors observing that : ‘ here the architectural setting becomes a major consideration , although this must not preclude a satisfactory traffic solution ’ ( para. 32 ) — an almost prophetic comment , bearing in mind the events relating to Piccadilly in the 1960s ( see p. 168 ) . |
| 7 | If the concentration of production and distribution units becomes a major force in the transition to the SEM , there will be an inevitable tendency for that concentration to occur in the core regions which will probably not only contain relevant headquarters and production units , but will also guarantee proximity to markets and immediate access to a range of supporting service functions . |
| 8 | Earlier this year the UK 's largest pitched roofing manufacturer , Redland Roof Tiles Ltd , announced its intention to become a major supplier within the clay tile sector . |
| 9 | Since then Gilford has nursed an ambition to become a major figure in the game and has proved one of the strong men on the PGA European tour . |
| 10 | Thus the rationalization of the state enterprise sector became a major priority of the post-1982 PSOE government . |
| 11 | In the South-west , Exeter became a major centre of cloth exports from the 1490s , and by the early sixteenth century some of the smaller Devon towns were also active in the trade , this perhaps contributing to the later growth of West Country shipping activity . |
| 12 | Peat cutting became a major industry in the Lancashire mosses in the nineteenth century , and on maps of Wicken Fen and Hatfield Chase , you will find ‘ Poor Piece ’ , which was where the local cottagers could cut peat for themselves , subject to regulations prescribing a limited season for peat cutting and insisting that a man may extract as much peat as he can , provided he does not employ assistance . |
| 13 | Lloyd Executive Selection had risen in this period to become a major contender alongside MSL and PA . |
| 14 | But the deal has even greater cultural significance , as The Shoe People has been given the official stamp of approval to become a major influence on millions of Russian children . |
| 15 | In the early 1960s the king became a major actor in the events that led to independence for his country in 1968 . |
| 16 | The fate of a watchman became a major element in burgh politics in this district , for although Captain James Cunningham was clearly sympathetic to John Main on personal grounds , there was more at stake than the solvency of a single family . |
| 17 | Is it an accident that Quebec 's separatism became a major force at the end of a decade during which the Quebec birthrate had virtually halved and ( for the first time ) fallen well below that of Canada ? |
| 18 | The redevelopment of Piccadilly Circus became a major cause célèbre in the 1950s and 1960s ( Cherry and Penny , 1986 ) . |
| 19 | In July the escalating refugees crisis in former Yugoslavia became a major focus of European and worldwide concern . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Reform land use planning so that the protection of the natural environment becomes a major feature of the planning system . |
| 22 | The maverick and often exasperating individualism which had served him well in battles against conservative-minded executives at the Mirror became a major liability at NoS , where the premium was on conformity to group objectives . |
| 23 | The decision was opposed by many , including some who were pro-choice ( in favour of women deciding for themselves ) , on the grounds that the court 's decision was apparently based more on a balancing of policy interests than on specifically legal argument , and it had the effect of stimulating the anti-abortion movement which in turn became a major part of the New Right . |
| 24 | Situated at a crossroads for the colonization , trade and post routes , with good arable , pasture and fishing facilities , Irkutsk became a major centre in which the various strands of Russia 's colonization came together . |
| 25 | As most readers will know already , OPEC became a major force in the international economy , and in banking and finance during 1973–74 when it raised the price of a barrel of oil from $3.00 to $11.65 . |
| 26 | After Simmons 's departure in 1934 the situation deteriorated and escapes became a major problem , to such an extent that a most unusual political event occurred . |
| 27 | Problematisation of ‘ images of women ’ criticism and its counterpart in realist documentary film-making became a major theme in feminist film criticism of the mid to late 1970s , on the grounds that realism created an illusory notion of transparency which could only reaffirm , not undermine dominant common-sense notions of the subject as ( bourgeois ) individual and of reality as fixed , accessible and ‘ there ’ . |
| 28 | The city became a major port as well as being the business centre for the cotton textile industry , with clothing factories and engineering works , especially those making textile machinery . |
| 29 | The same topics were addressed in a White Paper in 1985 , and these issues became a major concern of the Education Reform Act which introduced a national curriculum backed up by standardised tests at the ages of seven , eleven , fourteen and sixteen . |
| 30 | Since film became a major component of mass circulation popular culture , the anxieties and fears — and also the pleasures — associated with Black people have erupted on to British cinema screens in a non-systematic , erratic manner . |