Example sentences of "and [verb] a major [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many Brush-built Class 31s were equipped with ETH generators and given a major body overhaul , while some Class 47s were similarly treated . |
| 2 | ‘ Life on the wild side with David Bowie ’ , which is hardbacked this January and has a major serialisation deal with the Sunday Mirror . |
| 3 | Meanwhile several hundred thousand foreign workeers , mostly Egyptians , Palestinians and East and South Asians , poured out into Jordan and threatened a major refugee crisis . |
| 4 | In the EC member states agriculture was heavily subsidized through the common agricultural policy , and their reluctance to contemplate the phasing out of subsidies had deadlocked the GATT talks and threatened a major trade war . |
| 5 | They are young and talented and if they choose to turn professional they could do very well in pro events and become a major coaching influence in Ireland . |
| 6 | RUSSIA has played down hopes that it is to host a superpower summit and sign a major disarmament treaty with the United States . |