His future has become bound up in a larger debate across the entertainment industry about when or if the music business will ever hit bottom.

For now the future has become as clear as the past.

As though one particular future is becoming increasingly probable.

The future of the energy supply is becoming uncertain.

The future of one of America's most significant public spaces has become unsettled.

"The future has become so unclear and the people have developed many fears, and need help on which direction to go," she said.

The agreement's future in Congress is also becoming increasingly uncertain.

To Jones's delight, however, in the next two weeks, the future could become now for Dallas.

"The future has become too strange," he answered, and left the man standing appalled.

With the suspension of the oil talks, that future has become more distant.