Sentence examples for pieces has become from inspiring English sources

As most Catalan Modernist buildings are now under restoration, the conservation and replacement of pieces has become an important subject of debate; thus the decay processes are analysed and the restoration protocols exposed.

The bullet fragmented, and some pieces have become lodged in his stomach.

LaBeouf, a film actor whose performance art pieces have become frequent enough that calling him a dilettante is old hat, was at the Angelika Film Center in Greenwich Village, New York, for his most arduous experiment yet.

Emmanuel Breguet, curator of the museum, recently acknowledged by e-mail that a "high price" was paid to "re-acquire" the watch, more than it had paid for other Turkish pieces it bought at auction from 2000 to 2008, "because the antique Breguet pieces, especially the antique Breguet Turkish pieces, have become more and more exciting for the collectors".

Entitled An American in Britain, the playlets were somewhat like Alistair Cooke's Letter from America in reverse; though as an indication of how obscure these pieces have become, Hallé timpanist John Abendstern tracked down the broadcasts on the internet, as the BBC neglected to preserve a copy.

Some of those pieces have become highly sought-after.

His son, Tsar Nicholas II, continued the tradition and the pieces have become a byword for treasures of rarity and value.

The music moves along the narrative in a certain way and the pieces have become almost like actors' voices in the films.

The peculiar "across the piece" has become common office jargon, though it is rather mystifying.

In the concert hall the piece has become Olympic fun and games, a showcase of orchestral prowess.

The piece has become a cursed opera, repeatedly refused a home by companies scared of contamination by association.