Example sentences of "and [verb] [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leonel Alvarez , rated at about £1 million and expected to play a major part in his country 's World Cup campaign , had been lined up initially on loan , but Derby 's manager Arthur Cox said : ‘ We explored the situation , but it was n't possible . ’ |
| 2 | A long-standing friend of WACC , Daniel Tjongarero , was appointed Deputy Minister for Information and Broadcasting and has played a major part in drawing up Namibia 's information and communication policy . |
| 3 | A long-standing friend of WACC , Daniel Tjongarero , was appointed Deputy Minister for Information and Broadcasting and has played a major part in drawing up Namibia 's information and communication policy . |
| 4 | Skipper Alan Kernaghan said : ‘ Pallister has been very consistent and has played a major part in Manchester United 's success . |
| 5 | In addition , the breed has been very widely exported and has played a major role in the creation or improvement of many other breeds : its influence has probably been greater than any other breed except perhaps the Friesian group and its adaptability is legendary . |
| 6 | It has acquired this position for a number of reasons including the fact that historically it was essentially the creation of the people of Wales themselves and has made a major contribution to the educational needs of the nation . |
| 7 | What is not realized … is that although the movement from the cities has many other long-term causes , delinquency has now ceased to be merely a symptom of urban breakdown ( if it ever was ) … and has become a major contributor to it . ’ |
| 8 | It has developed new reactor designs , instigated research into everything from waste disposal to the potential for nuclear fusion , was responsible for fuel fabrication and reprocessing ( until this devolved to BNF in 1971 ) , and has put a major part of its effort into developing a commercially viable fast breeder reactor . |
| 9 | This , as an essential part of preparing a strategy of quality assurance , emphasizes for Handy and Aitken ( 1986:45 — 6 ) the point : assumptions about the way things should be run and organised have a major effect on the way people see themselves , the way they behave , think and react . |
| 10 | After this calamity , several new groups appeared , of which the most important were the clymeniid ammonoids , quite different from anything that went before and destined to play a major role in the world of stratigraphical palaeontology . |
| 11 | My mother had insisted when my father left that she should keep the house , and all its contents , and continue to receive a major part of his income . |
| 12 | Visual communication , via graphics terminals , is an exciting activity , and J. D. Foley and A. Van Dam 's Fundamentals of Interactive Computer Graphics presents a mathematically difficult subject in an exciting way and deserves to become a major undergraduate text . |
| 13 | However , the bill exempted the mosque in Ayodhya , Uttar Pradesh , an issue which had provoked fierce rioting in recent years and had played a major part in the collapse of the government of V. P. Singh in November 1990 [ see p. 37854 ] . |
| 14 | In early March Saudi Arabian companies had started trucking food into Kuwait and had launched a major refuse clearing operation . |
| 15 | The development of these courses involved widespread consultation and had required a major commitment by college staff . |
| 16 | Both the form and the substance of his approach rapidly assumed an authoritative status and have played a major role in shaping the dominant tradition . |