Example sentences of "been one [prep] [art] major [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Humanitarianism has always been one of the major motivations making for socialism . |
2 | Stone is not alone in noting the ‘ discrepancy ’ ( p. 420 ) between this and the apparent economic drawbacks of divorce for women ( the increase in divorce has been one of the major factors contributing to the ‘ feminization of poverty ’ ) . |
3 | The 26-year-old 's ability to run with the ball and poach spectacular goals has been one of the major factors behind QPR 's impressive start to the season . |
4 | The unification of Germany protected the lifestyle of the Prussian Junkers — indeed , the Junkers ' need to protect themselves and their lifestyle from the disrupting effects of outside economic competition through the creation and extension of a tariff union had been one of the major components in the formation of the German state . |
5 | Acquiring a dominant position by merger has been one of the major routes to achieving dominance in recent experience in the UK and US . |
6 | As we have seen , the establishment of the four Institutes of Higher Education has been one of the major developments in Welsh further education in recent years . |
7 | Surely that has been one of the major changes of Government policy over the last few years . |
8 | These provisions have been one of the major forces responsible for the complete change in standard terms and conditions for dealing with consumers that came in after the passing of the UCTA . |
9 | After all , that had been one of the major problems in their marriage . |
10 | The population explosion has been one of the major phenomena in Latin America this century . |
11 | Centralisation gained considerable impetus from the government 's attack on local authorities which , as we saw in Chapter 2 , has been one of the major features of Conservative policy . |