Example sentences of "is [adj] that a major [noun] " in BNC.

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1 However , it is clear that a major factor in both risk and accident estimates is how busy the junction was .
2 But it is clear that a major function of topic marking is precisely to relate the marked utterance to some specific topic raised in the prior discourse , t.e .
3 In both these examples it is clear that a major advantage of the simulation model is that answers can be more reliably obtained to questions such as ‘ how high should 1 build this bridge ? ’ or ‘ what would be the hydrological effect of building another 2000 houses in Edwalton ? ’ than if the engineer or planner were to rely solely upon rules of thumb or ‘ common sense ’ .
4 Notwithstanding this early generation of gas it is likely that a major redistribution ( migration or trap-breaching ) occurred in late Cretaceous-early Tertiary times associated with the major inversion phase of the basin .
5 It is obvious that a major accident to a wide-bodied jet engaged in public transport is going to demand a far greater investigative effort than an accident in which a pupil on his first solo flight makes a heavy landing and breaks a nose-wheel .
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