Example sentences of "[det] [noun] have [adv] become " in BNC.

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1 Parts of this route have deservedly become very popular .
2 Some treatments have already become almost mainstream .
3 One of the most disturbing consequences of Cuvier 's work was proof that some species have indeed become extinct .
4 Some students have also become members of the choir of St Mary 's Cathedral ( Episcopal ) and a number of choral scholarships are available .
5 However , such strategies have perhaps become less important for the very high income earners who , in recent years , have enjoyed a large reduction in the taxes they have had to pay following the reduction in the high rates of income tax since 1979 : for example , in real terms , those earning over £400 per week take home on average an extra £55 more in 1986 then they did in 1979 .
6 Such packages have suddenly become more widely available .
7 These sites have now become , in a modern day , highly decayed masses of rotten chemicals , seeping into the Earth ; the sites have become highly dangerous , highly toxic , and in some cases , because of methanes produced by decaying masses , explosive .
8 These changes have popularly become known by the name permissiveness . ’
9 These dates have now become a bone of contention in Hong Kong as rugby administrators in the British territory have belatedly realised — even though they are not admitting it — that the Japanese have outsmarted them and gained a precious advantage for the next World Cup .
10 It would 've been better but erm I think that these terms have now become so widely known there 's , there 's no way of changing it back .
11 All penises have suddenly become limp .
12 ‘ Frankly , it beggars belief that so many more people have suddenly become invalids , especially at a time when the health of the nation has improved , ’ Mr Major said in the Commons .
13 ‘ Frankly , it beggars belief that so many more people have suddenly become invalids , especially at a time when the health of the nation has improved , ’ Mr Major said in the Commons .
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