Example sentences of "[noun pl] has 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | Catering for the sports enthusiasts has become a top priority for the weekend resort . |
| 9 | The A34 main road from Southampton to the midlands has become a familiar venue for contraflows and queues . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | Privatization of public corporations has become a major feature of Conservative policy . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But if he has , I do n't think it follows that Fathers and Children has become a bad book in his eyes , but rather , it is now not all that good . |
| 16 | Just two days before the County Council elections , Gargy Patel reports on how the debate about social services has become a key issue . |
| 17 | This is mainly due to the reduction in evaporation from foliage and soil afforded by the sheltering effect of the fleece from the drying winds which in these times of drought and hosepipe bans has become a major concern with many gardeners . |