Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv] [adj] as " in BNC.
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1 | Associated with this internationalization of production , sales and purchases have become increasingly international as products are made for a world market rather than for ‘ local ’ national buyers . |
2 | Widows ' pensions were designed as a partial replacement for loss of a ‘ family wage ’ or husband 's retirement pension , but have become increasingly problematic as more women get divorced or prefer to remain unmarried . |
3 | The issues have become as weightless as clouds of electrons , and the candidates mere actors in commercials . " |
4 | Yet at one extreme a genuinely creative entrepreneur like Rupert Murdoch veered off into over-expansion and over- borrowing which have become as life-threatening as the antics of Alan Bond . |
5 | In United States maritime trade , both incoming and outgoing , freight forwarders ' receipts have become as common as the traditional ocean bill of lading . |
6 | More importantly , the financial and time pressures on heads of houses have become so acute as to leave little appetite among senior publishing people for taking on additional responsibilities . |
7 | Its organisers look on the participation of these head teachers who have become very active as they become increasingly involved , as an indispensable and exciting part of the committee 's operations . |
8 | In the event , some of the consequences of the solution have proved as irksome as the problem , but they have done the trick . |
9 | Despite the existence of a welfare state , crucial differences in life chances have remained as wide as ever in post-war Britain . |
10 | Estimates for the cost of renovation have run as high as $18 million . |