Example sentences of "become a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1882 St Cuthbert 's had become a separate parish and in 1885 Fr. |
| 2 | Can business follow the example of the orchestra and hospital where top management has become a separate career ? |
| 3 | Money , said Constance , no longer had any relevance to the value of half a dozen eggs or a side of mutton , but had become a separate commodity for rich men to play with . |
| 4 | It was mentioned in the previous chapter that an awareness of the marketing environment has become a key element in the ‘ modern-day ’ approach to marketing . |
| 5 | ‘ Looking towards money ’ had become a key phrase , but young intellectuals were aware of its adverse effects . |
| 6 | Walsh did not rule out the possibility of criminal charges against former members of Reagan 's Cabinet , however , and there were strong suggestions that former Attorney General Edwin Meese had become a key target of the investigation . |
| 7 | I am aware that reducing costs , particularly in the area of construction and materials , has become a key goal throughout the organisation and I support the various task forces which have been set up to explore this aspect of our business . |
| 8 | Establishing the effectiveness and outcomes of health care in order to allocate resources more rationally has become a key policy issue in many countries . |
| 9 | The creation and use of computerised databases has become a key feature of the international information economy . |
| 10 | Rising crime has become a key election issue . |
| 11 | Just two days before the County Council elections , Gargy Patel reports on how the debate about social services has become a key issue . |
| 12 | The poll is not analysed , but it is striking that countries where pollution from cars has become a major problem have the highest percentages of people who believe that the state of the environment requires urgent action : 85 per cent in Italy ( at the top of the list ) , where Milan , one of the world 's smoggiest cities , now has car-free days and the capital Rome also suffers severely from vehicle congestion and pollution ; 84 per cent in Greece , where restrictions on cars in Athens are imposed to save the citizens ' lungs and their ancient monuments ; 80 per cent in the most vehicle emission-conscious country in Europe , West Germany , whose dead trees have become the symbol of pollution . |
| 13 | Derivatives of this concept have become a major symbol in modern art . |
| 14 | It is also the culmination of a fifteen-year period in which the care of children had become a major political concern , the focus of media attention and public outrage , and an ideological battleground for rival pressure groups and experts . |
| 15 | Dr Ed Dart , director of research at ICI Seeds , which has become a major international organisation since it started in 1985 , plays these down . |
| 16 | Worldwide , indeed , ‘ exotic ’ species introduced by human beings have become a major cause of extinctions : probably second in importance only to loss of habitat . |
| 17 | Palestinian stubbornness has become a major stumbling block to the peace process as conceived by the United States . |
| 18 | The fact that the country has become a major exporter means a boost to the balance of payments of something over £7 billion per year in 1984 as opposed to a debit of some £4 billion ten years ago . |
| 19 | Already Bahrain has become a major international banking centre with over one hundred and fifty bank branches and representative offices , although oil market developments plus the political environment of the region could curb its rate of progress . |
| 20 | The January Sales have become a major event — many people queue overnight in London 's Oxford Street so they can be first through the doors of the big department stores . |
| 21 | Even Ivan Illich , though their opening sentence contains an echo of his ‘ the medical establishment has become a major threat to health ’ , is ignored in the text : he scrapes in with a mere single source reference . |
| 22 | In fact , unknown to them , the clearing of the gas had become a major problem . |
| 23 | Contaminated land has become a major issue , and many companies have leapt in , touting biotechnological , chemical or physical processes as the panacea for clean-up . |
| 24 | The May festival has become a major social event in the racing calendar and includes a classic trial for the Derby . |
| 25 | It 's become a major part of my job . |
| 26 | By the autumn of 1917 , food queues had become a major grievance and demands for a more equitable distribution of food led to mass demonstrations and even strikes in many parts of the country . |
| 27 | Privatisation has become a major plank of the Conservative government 's programme . |
| 28 | What 's really moved me over the last three or four years , as AIDS has become a major threat in this country , and especially since spring 1985 with the rising public hysteria about it , is that it 's brought out tremendous reserves of strength in lesbians and gay men which show the importance of the achievements of the previous fifteen years . |
| 29 | In addition , there is fanaticism and lack of religious tolerance , which has become a major human rights problem in many parts of the world . |
| 30 | What is not realized … is that although the movement from the cities has many other long-term causes , delinquency has now ceased to be merely a symptom of urban breakdown ( if it ever was ) … and has become a major contributor to it . ’ |