Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] become a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As diverse evidence also indicates that the stars found in star-forming regions lose mass either from their surfaces or from surrounding accretion disks , a causal connection between stellar mass loss and the H-H objects has become a widespread article of faith . |
| 2 | In a survey of small businesses , Nat West said that late payment of trade debts has become a major problem over the past year . |
| 3 | But in the corporate structure this has become very much more common , in relation to a highly organized and fully capitalized market in which the direct commissioning of planned saleable products has become a normal mode . |
| 4 | But since then , 27-year-old Hall capped 21 times has become a central part of Wales ' dramatic recent resurgence . |
| 5 | The creation and use of computerised databases has become a key feature of the international information economy . |
| 6 | The poll is not analysed , but it is striking that countries where pollution from cars has become a major problem have the highest percentages of people who believe that the state of the environment requires urgent action : 85 per cent in Italy ( at the top of the list ) , where Milan , one of the world 's smoggiest cities , now has car-free days and the capital Rome also suffers severely from vehicle congestion and pollution ; 84 per cent in Greece , where restrictions on cars in Athens are imposed to save the citizens ' lungs and their ancient monuments ; 80 per cent in the most vehicle emission-conscious country in Europe , West Germany , whose dead trees have become the symbol of pollution . |
| 7 | The eyes had become a jet-black bar that flamed . |
| 8 | The pomeshchiks had become a substantial body and provided the military backbone of the State . |
| 9 | But as well as sharing in the donkey work , Platt 's goals have become a vital part of England 's armoury and before last week 's 4–0 win over Turkey he scored his country 's previous five goals . |
| 10 | Although camcorders have become a popular means of picture-taking , many more people are familiar with video in the form of table-top recorders ( VCRs ) for the time-shifting of television programmes and the viewing of rented films . |
| 11 | A final threat to parliamentary government is increasing technocracy : ‘ the modern state in all advanced countries has become a formidable machine of which the control lies less in the hands of elected representatives of the people than of technicians , specialists , experts . |
| 12 | Catering for the sports enthusiasts has become a top priority for the weekend resort . |
| 13 | YELLOW lines have become a common feature of towns and cities though they are no less intrusive than when they were first introduced . |
| 14 | The bright tangle of plants had become a funereal monochrome , and there was a dullness where there had previously been a dazzling glimpse of the Mediterranean . |
| 15 | But now , with unemployment touching 10 per cent and rising , undeclared work and workers have become a political scapegoat . |
| 16 | The A34 main road from Southampton to the midlands has become a familiar venue for contraflows and queues . |
| 17 | By the autumn of 1917 , food queues had become a major grievance and demands for a more equitable distribution of food led to mass demonstrations and even strikes in many parts of the country . |
| 18 | While business studies had become a major component of CNAA-validated undergraduate courses , the DMS was the stepping stone into concern for part-time continuing education in the management field . |
| 19 | BRITONS have become a lonelier nation in the last 10 years , according to Census figures . |
| 20 | Auctions of marine paintings have become a regular feature of the season , but this is the first to take place in January . |
| 21 | ‘ The Fatsia japonica under the stairs has become a real fatso , ’ Claudia pointed out , but she has a more manageable fatsia , which happily shares his pot by the street door by the Clematis montana ‘ Tetrarose . ’ |
| 22 | Time management techniques have become a fatuous fashion . |
| 23 | Since then , IMF loans and rescheduling arrangements have become a regular feature of economic life . |
| 24 | Privatization of public corporations has become a major feature of Conservative policy . |
| 25 | The study of ultracold collisions has become a fertile subject in itself because the physics of such collisions is fundamentally different from the physics of ‘ conventional ’ collisions . |
| 26 | Since the balance of payments has become a structural problem because of the prolonged period of under-investment , imports have grown as a share of UK domestic spending , making the growth of inflation resulting from devaluation more rapid . |
| 27 | Violence at and related to football matches had become a serious problem in the Netherlands in recent years . |
| 28 | These departments have become a major force in local government and are among the main spending departments after education . |
| 29 | But while the British have gone from bad to worse , the Games have become a Chinese takeaway . |
| 30 | Their parents ' flight from the Shah and the Ayatollah has flooded the poker world with creatures of blinding second sight whose ability to anticipate the contents of all flops has become a serious threat to most western economies . |