While this particular case was never taken to court, similar conflicts have become subject to drawn-out legal battles.

The conflict between the two stations has become increasingly personal.

An incident last month illustrates just how tense, and sometimes comic, the conflict has become.

It was from those woods, a week ago, that he'd seen more evidence of how ruthless the conflict had become.

But the current conflict has become unusually bitter and the past may not be a guide in this case.

But she added: "The conflict is now becoming unappealing to me.

The situation is a sensitive one and the conflict between the parties has become polarised.

At present, conflicts between states are becoming increasingly unusual.

Since the mid-1970's, however, the conflict in the banks' dual role has become all too apparent.

To make matters worse, the conflict between these two approaches is becoming a political and constitutional crisis all its own.