Sentence examples for became points of from inspiring English sources
Cities remained important administrative centres, but they increasingly became points of reference for the family politics of the military aristocracy rather than bases for royal intervention.
What was most difficult to bear about Mr. Giuliani's mayoralty — his operatic personality, his head-throbbing certainty — became points of strengths in the disorienting weeks after Sept. 11.
As Ford's time as mayor unraveled in scandal after scandalous video – antics that left even Jon Stewart speechless – Canadian Prime Minister Harper's connections to Toronto's leader became points of extreme embarrassment.
These data traveled along the Web and became points of fierce debate on message boards and blogs.
(The fissures between Robinson and Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger, and the huge buyout Robinson received, became points of contention within the paper).
Other issues -- such as U.S. support of Israel and Saudi support of ultra-orthodox Islam -- became points of tension along the way, but were never allowed to undermine the central rationale for the relationship.
But at times of conflict, they become points of violent friction.
In particular, Mr. Jobs's stance on song pricing and the iPod's lack of compatibility with music services other than iTunes have become points of contention.
Policies on gender and sexuality have repeatedly become points of contention, putting some businesses on the front lines of battles over social issues.
As search engines become points of business differentiation, Inktomi can control that sector of Internet commerce.
The idea, it seems, is to create a kind of network of sorts, where the ads become points of conversation in their own right.
