Example sentences of "has become a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In just three weeks , the Supreme Soviet has become a real parliament , in the sense that every problem of national life feeds into it .
2 Finding a roof over your head has become a real problem for many more thousands of young people seeking a home of their own .
3 The pub has become a real community centre , and attracts locals from the villages .
4 He has become a real Telford native .
5 ‘ 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 . ’
6 Writing in 1947 , Hogg ( later Lord Hailsham ) , presenting the Conservative Party case against the reforms introduced by the Labour government , felt that the rate of income tax ‘ has become a potent cause of social harm as well as a source of revenue ’ .
7 ‘ Subject to sections 7 and 8 below , a person who has become a rehabilitated person for the purposes of this Act in respect of a conviction shall be treated for all purposes in law as a person who has not committed or been charged with or prosecuted for or convicted of or sentenced for the offence or offences which were the subject of that conviction ; and , notwithstanding the provisions of any other enactment or rule of law to the contrary , but subject as aforesaid —
8 Since the early 1960s it has undergone a transformation as great as that of the nineteenth century and has become a new settlement with virtually no connection with agriculture or coal .
9 The smuggling of aliens , he says , has become a new source of money for the gangs ‘ and they are growing bolder by the month . ’
10 Recording the fetal heart rate has become a fixed feature of intrapartum care ; we need to reconsider and remember that it is an extremely limited method for assessing the health of the fetus .
11 ‘ Because of the influx of television , video , radio , newspapers , and other means of mass communication , ’ they argued , ‘ the world has become a global village , making it possible to carry unhealthy materials from one side to another . ’
12 The answer is that , for many of us , the cat has become a living toy rather than a real animal .
13 There , even a home-grown ‘ soft ’ discounter called Kwik Save , which offers a slightly wider product-range at higher prices than true hard discounters , has become a firm favourite with retail analysts .
14 Small it may be , but as the centre of an area of prosperous little villages , it has become a thriving business centre , and is equipped with a wide range of sports facilities , while the admirably designed , flag-bedecked Thurgauerhof is a thriving centre for concerts , exhibitions and other events .
15 And since last October ‘ The Little Red Province ’ has become a pejorative term , like ‘ Reds ’ .
16 Once it meant political independence and freedom from commercial pressures , but given the increasingly prescriptive and bureaucratic nature of grant-aid that has become a dubious notion .
17 ‘ How shall the crimes that have their direct source in the immoral motion pictures be measured ? ’ he asked , before declaring , ‘ Catholics are called by God , the pope , the Bishops and the priests to a united and vigorous campaign for the purification of the cinema , which has become a deadly menace to morals . ’
18 In some counties , such as Staffordshire , such a previously common wetland plant as reed has become a rare sight .
19 The repairs debacle has become a political battle symbolising the party 's awkward relationship to its own supporters .
20 In the last decade of the century , therefore , democracy and what may be called a ‘ democratic way of life ’ has become a political principle almost universally subscribed to , though its actual practice still remains very imperfect in large areas of the world .
21 The revelation that Canadian prices for new drugs are relatively high internationally has become a political issue .
22 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 .
23 Herbert Morrison attacked the Club in the December 1938 London News : There is ample evidence that the Left Book Club , through its groups , has become a political movement with substantial money behind it , and that one of its main activities is in the direction of manipulating and controlling local Labour Parties .
24 It has become a recognisable stage in the growth process to use external consultants .
25 It survives and has become a religious force in the village .
26 The maintenance of territorial integrity has become a joint enterprise .
27 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 .
28 THE WORTH VALLEY Autumn Enthusiasts ' weekend has become a perfect complement to their Spring event .
29 Algal bloom , which smothers and kills aquatic wildlife , has become a familiar problem on many inland waters , but especially here in the Norfolk Broads .
30 ‘ We can not do it because Gramm-Rudman-Hollings will not let us ’ has become a familiar refrain .
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