Example sentences of "[det] have become [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In old buildings this has become a problem , but one we have overcome by the design of modular cabinets .
2 He says : ‘ We are making more and more DCDs — Driver Controlled Deliveries — where the driver not only delivers a tanker of petrol to a filling station , but is trained to unload it into the underground storage tanks ’ This has become a necessity , as more and more petrol stations are operated by one person locked behind security windows .
3 Above all , what is clear is that this has become a poker game only for those with the steadiest of nerves .
4 This has become a commonplace of gerontology , yet — among the general public — jokes are still made as to old so and so being " past it " , and the elderly man with a young wife still tends to be a figure of mockery or disapprobation ( the elderly woman with a young husband even more so ) .
5 In 1984–5 the sector returned a loss of £157million ; in one of the most dramatic business turnrounds in recent years this has become a £24million profit in 1988–9 .
6 This has become a Place where the man who cares passionately for his craft — lighting or stage work — comes to show what he really can do .
7 This has become a reality through the hard work of staff at SCRE , particularly Rosemary Wake and a sturdy group of SERA members who meet to discuss future issues of Observations and plan the development of the network .
8 In the ‘ new South Africa ’ , as with all sports , this has become the prerequisite for South African rugby 's re-entry into the international arena , no matter that those sympathetic to Danie Craven 's SARB feel other options to exist .
9 Although only six per cent of ICI 's total waste is designated as hazardous , this has become the priority of the waste-reduction effort .
10 For the less scrupulous , this has become the age of the worker with built in obsolescence .
11 Even if well fed , they can not stop searching and exploring , as this has become an end in itself in their behaviour repertoire .
12 This had become a wilderness of weeds and bushes but hidden deep inside was a derelict conservatory demanding to be restored .
13 We had instilled in all of us a very strong sense of timing , which had to be to the second , and this had become a habit .
14 This had become a source of irritation to her companions and only added to their resentment .
15 By the turn , this had become the pattern of the round .
16 In one day 's march thirty-eight mills had had their plugs drawn in Dewsbury , the masters standing amazed in their empty sheds while the workers streamed out to join what to some had become a Crusade , to others a Pilgrimage ; an opportunity for revenge ; an exciting chance for a holiday .
17 The contains no explicit stipulation that the muderris should also act as mufti of Manisa — or , alternatively , that the mufti of Manisa should act as muderris — but it would appear that by at least a few years before 944/1537–8 , if not earlier , such had become the practice . "
18 The latter has become a form of economic drip-feed of dubious value to the patient , although it has maintained economic activity at a higher level than would otherwise be the case .
19 For most of the remainder , Hitler stood for at least some things they admired , and for many had become the symbol and embodiment of the national revival which the Third Reich had in many respects been perceived to accomplish .
20 There are over 300 dumps in Wallonia , and several have become the focus of concern after leaks of benzene , aniline and vinyl chloride .
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