Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meant that school-children taking ‘ O ’ and ‘ A ’ levels were not moved during this crucial time and so disruption to schooling did not present a major problem for parents . |
| 2 | The changes in the early 1970s were modifications of existing procedure and did not represent a major shift in emphasis . |
| 3 | Despite the completion of the Basic Treaty with East Germany , and the signature of a treaty with Czechoslovakia in 1973 , Ostpolitik did not bring a major change in Communist rule in Eastern Europe . |
| 4 | Camberwell did not have a major industry that distinguished it from other London districts , but it offered sufficient variety of employment to engage a majority of the workforce ; other breadwinners did not have to go far to reach central London . |
| 5 | However the board 's chief executive , Alan Smith , was able to say that unlike yesterday 's press conference the issue at the board meeting did not occupy a major part of the time . |
| 6 | However the board 's chief executive , Alan Smith , was able to say that unlike yesterday 's press conference the issue at the board meeting did not occupy a major part of the time . |
| 7 | The DipHE did not become a major feature of the higher education landscape . |
| 8 | They carry a low degree of CD because , being context-dependent , they do not play a major role in pushing the communication forward . |
| 9 | Some might be willing to grant the general thrust of what has been said , that teaching and research are different kinds of activity , but still be reluctant to accept that teachers in higher education do not have a major responsibility to conduct research . |
| 10 | I knew the risk was there but it did n't become a major concern . |
| 11 | Before the ark disappears from the narrative for the time being ( it does not play a major role again until its triumphal entry into Jerusalem in 2 Samuel 6 , though it does feature in another battle with the Philistines in 1 Samuel 14 ) , it leaves behind one more reminder that it is not to be trifled with . |
| 12 | However , this does not become a major problem until the late eighteenth century . |
| 13 | De La Rue chairman Peter Orchard comments : ‘ This does not have a major effect on the results of the company for the half year of for the previous year , but it does have the consequence of increasing marginally our earnings per share in both periods as the result of including within ordinary activities certain items previously classified as extraordinary . ’ |