Example sentences of "it has become the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In legal and semi-legal texts , it has become the norm to use lexical repetition even in instances where no ambiguity might result from using pronominal reference . |
| 2 | Although it probably began as a lung , over the course of evolution it has become the swimbladder , an ingenious device with which the fish maintains itself as a hydrostat in permanent equilibrium . |
| 3 | It has become the centre of a bitter controversy : Catholic conservative accusations of treason to the national spirit and of religious heterodoxy have obscured the implications of luces ( Enlightenment ) , and the intentions of its advocates within the government service . |
| 4 | It has become the drug of choice for the American armed forces and for the World Health Organization , and has survived against the threat of resistant strains for a surprisingly long time . |
| 5 | Wedgwood first produced fine bone china in the early years of the 19th century and since the turn of the 20th century it has become the company 's major product . |
| 6 | We are told that their slogan is the power to choose and the right to own ; however , it has become the power to take and the right to steal . |
| 7 | ‘ It has become the number one crime in Europe . ’ |
| 8 | It has become the world 's most popular passenger car diesel since it was introduced just over 10 years ago . |
| 9 | In recent years it has become the practice in leases granted for more than five years or so to contain some machinery for enabling the rent to be reviewed , either continuously or at periodic intervals . |
| 10 | It has become the fashion to make a few comments about the Sessional Orders , which is very useful . |
| 11 | Instead of the passport opening frontiers to the traveller without let or hindrance , it has become the means of international surveillance . |
| 12 | It has become the means for distinguishing between leases and licences , the latter being the means by which lawyers sought to find a way around statutory controls regarding the levels of rent and security for the tenant . |
| 13 | Today it has become the focus of work on machine intelligence , particularly within connectionism . |
| 14 | It has become the focus of concern after scientific studies suggested that depletion of the ozone layer was resulting in a 12 per cent reduction in numbers of phytoplankton — the organism at the bottom of the marine food chain , on which whales depend . |
| 15 | The idea of ‘ care ’ has been carefully nurtured until it has become the hallmark of solid acceptability , the key to political creditworthiness , and the disability industry 's SDI designed to shield their programmes of social control from criticism . |