Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] become a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has become a regular occurrence lately : lying awake in the dark , waiting for the alarm to bleep , worrying . |
| 2 | It might be noted at this point that in recent years there has been a dramatic growth in the volume of business conducted in the interbank market and this has become a major source of liquidity for banks . |
| 3 | This has become an annual embarrassing exercise . |
| 4 | In our age this has become an urgent question for many people and many others have left Christianity behind them . |
| 5 | The political ambitions of the CLB can be deduced from its interpretation of the Edwardian crisis : ‘ At so critical a period in British history as the present , when there is so great and unfortunate a tendency to slackness , ease , and carelessness as to religion , morals , and work , when there is so great a craving for pleasure 's sake , when so serious a social problem as the great army of the unfit and unemployed has become a national scandal and a public danger ’ , it was necessary to provide men of the future with ‘ that spirit of self-denial , self-control and definiteness of righteous purpose ’ which had put Britain in the lead among nations . |
| 6 | Suddenly , this had become a special event and Lewis knew it , for his playing took on a new intensity as he began to alternate between rock ‘ n ’ roll classics from his early career back in the Fifties Sun era to later country material . |
| 7 | This had become a common occurrence . |
| 8 | There was growing public concern at the high toll of deaths and injuries among servicemen in peacetime , and this had become a significant factor in the worsening problem of draft-dodging . |
| 9 | This had become a degenerative condition due to a fall early in his career . |
| 10 | This had become an automatic response to most of his wife 's suggestions , and Scarlet had learned to have a few answers ready . |
| 11 | Now owned and being developed by chip manufacturer , Intel , DVI has become a major focus for multimedia . |
| 12 | Initially , most of these sales were made through mail order specialists but retail has become a growing sector and today accounts for about half of current sales . |
| 13 | Endothelin-1 has become a major research topic since its discovery and characterisation as a potent vasoconstrictor . |
| 14 | Above : B-17s have become an integral part of the Wings of Eagles show . |
| 15 | The interpretation of the events of 1868 has become a major topic of controversy among historians of Japan . |
| 16 | Dancing on the podiums at the Milk Bar 's Friday night club Glam has become a hazardous business , due to the frenzied swaying of the Essex Girls that now monopolise them . |
| 17 | In one feeding centre the room for the dead had become a Koranic school for young children . |
| 18 | The Workers ' Travel Association was set up to give workers the opportunity to travel ; it began in a modest way but by the 1950s had become a worldwide organization . |