Example sentences of "have become [art] [adj] force " in BNC.

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1 It survives and has become a religious force in the village .
2 what is more polemical , is the conclusion that the labour movement , despite periods of radicalism and fervent political activity , has become a conservative force in Latin America .
3 Rentokil Retail Cleaning has become a significant force within the cleaning industry , with many national contracts being serviced on a daily basis .
4 Industry seems to have become a driving force of strident activity , against which background human beings , the miners , are " like shadows " .
5 Television , which had become a major force in American political life , was essential to Reagan 's success in obtaining the Republican nomination in 1980 .
6 Ferruzzi Finanziaria had become a powerful force in chemicals as well as agribusiness through the acquisition of Montedison in 1987 .
7 Yet both parties had considerably advanced public expenditure , particularly on social policies , to the point where some economists had argued that this kind of expenditure had become an inflationary force , limiting the scope for new wealth-creating private investment .
8 It had become an oppressive force , felt by citizens to be distant , beyond control and beyond comprehension .
9 And yet this field was like every other since the archers had become the terrible force they were ; their part was done first , but nonetheless at the end it was seen to be the determining part .
10 These departments have become a major force in local government and are among the main spending departments after education .
11 After the West Country rams and ewes have become a spent force , it 's the turn of the Swaledales and Blue-faced Leicester in Suffolk and the eastern counties to provide the new season gigots in July and August .
12 Peter Drucker may have overstated his case when he observed that ‘ capital movements rather than trade … have become the driving force of the world economy ’ ( Drucker , 1986 : p. 768 ) , but he has pointed the finger at a central issue in the global environment .
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