Example sentences of "has become a [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the same , among today 's MPs , the monarchy itself has become a touchy and electorally dangerous topic . |
| 2 | " Pollution of the Gulf is no longer a passing phase but has become a persistent and permanent feature of the region 's life " , he declared in a research paper presented to a GCC conference in Dubai . |
| 3 | You begin to appreciate why Newley has become a rich and famous celebrity playing poor failed nobodies . |
| 4 | Self-help has become a vicious and patronising fiction which is deployed to excuse society 's neglect of its lowest earners . |
| 5 | Merchiston Publishing has become a small but not insignificant niche publisher . |
| 6 | Somehow or other , satire has become a sad and shabby euphemism , much like ‘ continental film ’ used to be in the Fifties . |
| 7 | The traditional short , off-the-job course , first used in the mid-1960s , has become a flexible and sophisticated tool , joined by a host of less formalised techniques . |
| 8 | From humble beginnings , during the Malaya and Borneo campaigns , terrorist bomb disposal has become a sophisticated and deadly game played between these men and the terrorists . |
| 9 | St Paul is particularly fond of describing the contrast between the man or woman without God , and the state of a person who has become a Christian and has now found God . |
| 10 | Since citizenship has become a fashionable and acceptable word , it is easy to slip into the habit of using it in preference to ‘ individual rights ’ or ‘ human rights ’ , but it is important to bear in mind the desirability of keeping the private sphere of the life of the individual separate from his role as citizen , an essentially political role and status . |
| 11 | The dress has been packed away , the wedding album has finally found a resting place and the honeymoon has become a fond but distant memory . |