Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] become a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For feminists , the acknowledgement of lesbian experience has become a central theoretical issue . |
| 2 | There social science and social research had become an established and thriving part of the academic community from the beginning of this century . |
| 3 | Can business follow the example of the orchestra and hospital where top management has become a separate career ? |
| 4 | The whole question of public spending has become a lively political issue at central and local levels . |
| 5 | Certainly Gladstone 's view of society was less useful in 1880 when he returned to power for a second time , then , as Chamberlain reminded him , social legislation had become a parliamentary issue . |
| 6 | Processed and pre-prepared food have become a tempting and convenient option in recent times . |
| 7 | In recent years the size of Greece 's foreign debt had become a significant factor in its economic problems , as EC transfers and loans were no longer able to cover widening deficits . |
| 8 | Recently , joint planning , evaluation and some theoretical discussion have become an integral part of the programme . |
| 9 | He considered that the established two-party system had become a rigid tyranny that lacked public support and was injurious to our economic performance — the adversary politics thesis . |
| 10 | Her image as a confrontational politician stems from her conviction that British politics had become an important , even a decisive , battle of ideas . |
| 11 | More recently , however , Liberal Theology has become a recognised description of the Ritschlian school , and it is in that sense that it is used here . ) |
| 12 | Slowly , the fixed router has become a popular tool amongst tradesmen . |
| 13 | My fine , clever son had become a drunken animal . |
| 14 | This versatile long sleeved shirt has become an essential part of my wardrobe . |
| 15 | Because of the population turnaround in many rural areas , the definition of a rural community in a widespread and confused literature has become an elusive concept ( Lewis , 1979 ) and although most parts of the UK have reached Time C in Figure 5.4a , some areas are characterized by a mixture of repopulation and depopulation in Zone III , and depopulation and repopulation in Zone II , so that the hallmarks of both the population and depopulation quadrants of Figure 5.4b can be found together in a very small area . |
| 16 | If Nigel de Gruchy of the National Association of Schoolmasters and Women Teachers ( and there 's a catchy title if ever there was one ) can not weave any more magic into his protest than ‘ The national curriculum has become a political football being booted up and down the right wing of the Conservative Party , ’ he does n't deserve to be taken seriously . |
| 17 | In modern times , American hard rock has become a clumsy , conventional and tacky beast . |
| 18 | For a generation he and his fellow ‘ martyrs ’ were forgotten men , but by the end of the century their brief celebrity had become a hallowed memory . |
| 19 | Rentokil Retail Cleaning has become a significant force within the cleaning industry , with many national contracts being serviced on a daily basis . |
| 20 | Whatever its causes , the Cold War had become a permanent and dominating feature of international life . |
| 21 | The warmth of the small hut was finally melting the frozen ice in her veins , and the ceaseless rain had become a distant cradle-song . |
| 22 | Clearly it is no mere anthropomorphism to point out that the functional relation between these two and their capacity in man to render the species largely independent from and a controller of his natural environment has become a prime factor in the advance of man over other primate species . |
| 23 | Organisational culture has become a fashionable concept but has been forced to bear a heavier weight than it can sustain in explanations of organisational performance ( as the recently declining fortunes of some of the companies studied by Peters and Waterman illustrate ) . |
| 24 | Multicultural education has become a major educational concern in recent years , especially in schools . |
| 25 | Many buildings of this period have been demolished for redevelopment since the War , so the Baltic Exchange had become a valued monument . |
| 26 | For instance , the high rate of scientific and technological development in the field of semiconductors during the past two or three decades has meant that technological forecasting has become a crucial part of sales and market forecasting for companies manufacturing electronic and telecommunication products , computers etc . |
| 27 | The hard shale was now gone and the flat lake had become a choppy sea of sand and rock . |
| 28 | The authors argued that the huge cultural wealth of China which had once made it such a powerful nation had become a massive psychological burden , weighing the people down , oppressing and stifling free thought . |
| 29 | The Great Idea had become a major disaster , she had been lucky to escape with her life . |
| 30 | By then death had become an everyday subject spoken about openly in the Good household . |