noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
become
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It became the conversation cornerstone for the couple of days leading up to it.
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Cargill, however, hoped the area would become the cornerstone for the Willowbrook nature study area.
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Many of his original works, written as test-pieces for use in competitions, have become cornerstones of the repertoire.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the eulogies he offered seemed to be for the men who had been the cornerstones of the neighborhood.
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As a cornerstone , Galvin established the character and culture of the company he wished Motorola to be.
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In the past, one of the cornerstones of the economic argument for conservation was its value to tourism.
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Local authority direct labour organisations are the cornerstones of training in construction.
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Perhaps an alliance with the East Angles was the cornerstone of Aethelbald's ascendancy.
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The Liturgy for that Sunday was the cornerstone of both prayer and reflection.
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The theory of plate tectonics explains these phenomena and is commonly regarded as one of the cornerstones of modern geophysics.
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Whatever his manias, his music remains a cornerstone of the classical repertoire.