Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [prep] a major [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Since the British challenge made its start in 1987 at four locations , it has blossomed into a major feature of up to six kite meetings each year .
2 The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation ( FAO ) has claimed as a major success its programme for integrated pest management in rice .
3 Charles Tompkins , managing director of NOS , a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless , said the contract has come as a major breakthrough for his company , propelling it into the major league of offshore suppliers .
4 Since then , it has grown into a major production unit in the carpet industry .
5 ‘ Sterling has moved into a major bear market .
6 DARLINGTON 's Bank Top railway station has benefited from a major facelift costing millions of pounds over the last decade .
7 Maktoum al Maktoum has emerged as a major player in the London property market , backing a £350m luxury hotel and office project on the Isle of Dogs in London 's Docklands .
8 The deregulation of long-distance coach services has led to a major expansion in reliable and cheap services .
9 The long-term trend towards greater equality of income and wealth has been reversed under the Conservative governments of 1979 onwards and it is argued that this ‘ strategy of inequality ’ ( Child Poverty Action Group ) , which is seen as a direct consequence of the drive towards popular capitalism , has led to a major increase in poverty in the UK and to the possible emergence of an underclass , who lack any stake in popular capitalism and who are caught in the dependency culture .
10 It will be the first of only six 400m hurdles races she is planning in her build-up to the world championships in Stuttgart and she will be up against Vera Ordina , the 25 year-old Russian Olympic finalist who Gunnell has identified as a major threat this summer .
11 There was an attempt to push the balance back in favour of the consumer , but privatisation has achieved the opposite because it has resulted in a major shift of power away from the consumer to the producer .
12 There have also been some very encouraging noises from the Pipe stable , which has resulted in a major gamble from 14–1 to 4 's over the last couple of weeks .
13 Cahill has n't really performed since the drawn game against Donegal last season but has put in a major effort in training .
14 In the meantime , the tendering process for the purchase of Warrington 's own CT scanner has started following a major boost for fund-raisers since the bombings .
15 WORK has started on a major business and housing development in north Essex .
16 Hallin feels the band have a grim determination not to water down their sound having signed to a major label .
17 The proportion of the final value of silk goods returned to producers is substantial , sufficient indeed to have led to a major expansion of the industry in recent years , with visibly greater prosperity in sericultureal areas .
18 He still looked as if he had escaped from a major car crash .
19 In North Worcestershire also industrial growth made little or no visible impact on the structure of wealth , possibly because a man 's position in the rural hierarchy determined his choice of trade , In Yardley tile making had evolved as a major activity early in the fifteenth century ; along with tanning , which may still have been the principal industry in nearby Birmingham , it was practised by farmer-craftsmen , who mostly had well under £20 in goods , the £3 — £9 range forming a good two-thirds of the list : Thomas Walton , whose £11 was the highest assessment , made tiles and practised cooperage in winter .
20 These are now telecast live , or slightly delayed , and have developed into a major part of the state-run television schedule on a Saturday afternoon — with the consequent spin-offs to the various sponsors .
21 This debate , which essentially arises out of the Piper Alpha disaster , has been given even greater poignancy due to the reports that we have received of a major explosion at Grangemouth .
22 It 's come as a major surprise to his friends at the training club .
23 Many of these have adopted as a major part of their strategy over the last two years campaigns to attract bidders for Channel 5 franchises to locate in their cities .
24 In Heriot 's we take this very seriously , and we have embarked on a major enhancement of our language provision , to give all our pupils a grounding in two languages — either French and German , or French and Spanish , depending on the year of entry .
25 ‘ Too often chief executives fail to recognise that they have embarked on a major project until they are well into it and it had run into difficulties . ’
26 In Gwent we have embarked on a major study to do this and will be offering a prostate health check to over 10000 men aged between 55 and 70 in a study that is associated with the European programme concerned with early prostatic cancer .
27 In Northern Ireland we have embarked on a major programme of investment covering all sectors of the region 's transportation system .
28 These cultures have gone through a major change such that the use of credit is now an accepted feature in managing personal expenditure patterns .
29 Derby have emerged as a major threat after the signing of former Sunderland star Marco Gabbiadini .
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