Sentence examples for have become substantial from inspiring English sources

Moreover, the biggest Internet start-ups have become substantial companies in their own right.

Some have made money, and a few have become substantial employers, or founded large businesses.

How the book, originally positioned as a first novel with promise, rose to the top of best-seller lists reflects its strength in a wave of literary novels, many of which have become substantial best sellers, including "Atonement" by Ian McEwan (Doubleday) and "The Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus & Giroux).

Workforce shortages have become substantial and are predicted to continue and worsen [ 12].

With the aggressive cost reductions for 3-D printing made available by the open-source self-replicating rapid prototypers (RepRaps) the economic advantage of custom distributed manufacturing has become substantial.

While the proportion of women in taiko has become substantial, some have expressed concern that women still do not perform in the same roles as their male counterparts and that taiko performance continues to be a male-dominated profession.

Recently anti-CCP testing has become substantial part of ACR-EULAR classification criteria for RA [ 6].

However, according to a supply audit by AC Nielsen ORG-MARG Research Ltd., a market research company in India, use of ECPs in large metro cities has become substantial.

By the early 2000s, however, the disparities in VPTB and PTB between Hmong and white women, as well as between Hmong and other Asian women had become substantial.

Indeed, accessories have become a substantial business for her company.

In the present system the fee element may have become more substantial and integral, but the top-up principle is still there.