Example sentences of "they have become a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Today they had become a real sun-trap and it was a relief to swop the white , rocky desert for the subdued greens and browns of heather and grass which sweep across The Allotment up towards Simon Fell , its flanks scarred by the pale slash of Ingleborough 's eastern approach track .
2 He should be used to them by now because they had become a frequent occurrence during the past few months , particularly since Martin had been bringing Miss Crosbie to the house .
3 They were used to working in the dark ; they had become a secret society .
4 State family planning programmes were first introduced in 1968 and since the establishment of the National Population Commission in 1974 , they have become a major government priority .
5 Their calls are also very intricate , and the sounds of some of them , the young , sexually mature humpback males , are so haunting that they have become a best-selling record .
6 They have become a prime target for teenage joyriders who often set fire to stolen cars when they have finished with them .
7 Many Aborigines become disorientated as tribal societies crumble and black independence erodes further — they have become a marginalized minority .
8 Today , with powerful venoms added , they have become a formidable defence system against anything that enters the domain of the spiny fish .
9 And they have become a Trojan Horse to undermine some very basic and strongly-held principles of welfare and the welfare state . ’
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