Example sentences of "[noun sg] become a major [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Since association ( or multi-employer ) bargaining became a major part of the industrial relations systems of these countries the specific collective bargaining role of employers ' associations now requires more detailed analysis .
2 Two years ago I decided to study the subject and healthy eating became a major household experience as we tried and tested GH recipes .
3 But he 's confident his knowledge of the site and his presence here will prevent crime becoming a major problem .
4 One of these was Piccadilly Circus , the authors observing that : ‘ here the architectural setting becomes a major consideration , although this must not preclude a satisfactory traffic solution ’ ( para. 32 ) — an almost prophetic comment , bearing in mind the events relating to Piccadilly in the 1960s ( see p. 168 ) .
5 Earlier this year the UK 's largest pitched roofing manufacturer , Redland Roof Tiles Ltd , announced its intention to become a major supplier within the clay tile sector .
6 Since then Gilford has nursed an ambition to become a major figure in the game and has proved one of the strong men on the PGA European tour .
7 Thus the rationalization of the state enterprise sector became a major priority of the post-1982 PSOE government .
8 Peat cutting became a major industry in the Lancashire mosses in the nineteenth century , and on maps of Wicken Fen and Hatfield Chase , you will find ‘ Poor Piece ’ , which was where the local cottagers could cut peat for themselves , subject to regulations prescribing a limited season for peat cutting and insisting that a man may extract as much peat as he can , provided he does not employ assistance .
9 Lloyd Executive Selection had risen in this period to become a major contender alongside MSL and PA .
10 But the deal has even greater cultural significance , as The Shoe People has been given the official stamp of approval to become a major influence on millions of Russian children .
11 In the early 1960s the king became a major actor in the events that led to independence for his country in 1968 .
12 The fate of a watchman became a major element in burgh politics in this district , for although Captain James Cunningham was clearly sympathetic to John Main on personal grounds , there was more at stake than the solvency of a single family .
13 Is it an accident that Quebec 's separatism became a major force at the end of a decade during which the Quebec birthrate had virtually halved and ( for the first time ) fallen well below that of Canada ?
14 The redevelopment of Piccadilly Circus became a major cause célèbre in the 1950s and 1960s ( Cherry and Penny , 1986 ) .
15 What prevents sabbatarianism becoming a major vote-loser for the Party is the absence of serious competition from any group to the right on the constitution .
16 Reform land use planning so that the protection of the natural environment becomes a major feature of the planning system .
17 The maverick and often exasperating individualism which had served him well in battles against conservative-minded executives at the Mirror became a major liability at NoS , where the premium was on conformity to group objectives .
18 The decision was opposed by many , including some who were pro-choice ( in favour of women deciding for themselves ) , on the grounds that the court 's decision was apparently based more on a balancing of policy interests than on specifically legal argument , and it had the effect of stimulating the anti-abortion movement which in turn became a major part of the New Right .
19 Problematisation of ‘ images of women ’ criticism and its counterpart in realist documentary film-making became a major theme in feminist film criticism of the mid to late 1970s , on the grounds that realism created an illusory notion of transparency which could only reaffirm , not undermine dominant common-sense notions of the subject as ( bourgeois ) individual and of reality as fixed , accessible and ‘ there ’ .
20 The city became a major port as well as being the business centre for the cotton textile industry , with clothing factories and engineering works , especially those making textile machinery .
21 Since film became a major component of mass circulation popular culture , the anxieties and fears — and also the pleasures — associated with Black people have erupted on to British cinema screens in a non-systematic , erratic manner .
22 The 1980s has seen the victimisation , or crime , survey become a major growth industry in the UK .
23 Just how they will fare when and if cable TV becomes a major selling vehicle in Britain is another poser for the future .
24 Son of a postal worker and trained as a car body builder , Floirat rose from a humble upbringing to become a major industrialist nicknamed ‘ man with the golden fingers ’ for his financial expertise .
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