31.   Strategic relationships are becoming more and more important to companies like MindSpring as high-speed Internet access via cable modems and DSL telephone lines threaten the ISP industry.

32.   Suddenly it became clear how unbalanced our relationship had become.

33.   The casual long-distance relationship had recently become more serious.

34.   The chemistry was good, but after several years the relationship became stifling.

35.   The homeowners association and the County Commission have begun working together, and their relationship has become cordial.

36.   The relationship had become that way.

37.   The relationship became so close that even Baker is at a loss to explain whether he serves as a father figure, mentor or role model.

38.   The relationships become clear soon enough.

39.   The relationship becomes a two-way street.

40.   The relationship had become hostile in recent months, Merachnik said, because Bun had been seeing another woman.