Example sentences of "has been a major [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Moreover , in a study by Smith-Goosne and Bennett ( 1988 ) , it was suggested that there has been a major rise in work-effort in recent years . |
2 | YTS has been a major provider of new opportunities and through its funding mechanism , its special assessment and age exclusions , and its provision of special equipment and services , it has shown itself to be responsive to the needs of very many young people with disabilities and learning difficulties . |
3 | So that there has been a major breakthrough in the appreciation of English music , but it 's not quite , it 's still on the periphery , I think , of erm music as far as the Germans , the French and the Italians are concerned . |
4 | In fact , although over the past forty years there has been a major transformation of the Yugoslav economy , inter-regional differences are at least as great as they were before , and in some cases even greater . |
5 | I know that such congestion has been a major concern among hon. Members . |
6 | This is not just of interest to professional politicians or academic specialists ; local government has become front-page news , its leading politicians such as Ken Livingstone , David Blunkett and Derek Hatton have been catapulted to national fame and the local-central government conflict detailed in Chapter 4 has been a major issue in three successive general elections . |
7 | Meanwhile he says todays news has been a major setback in his own recovery . |
8 | There has been a major increase over the last year in the number of disqualification proceedings taken out against directors , according to the Insolvency Service . |
9 | Nonetheless given all the complexity of the above , and consequent disagreements over dates and magnitudes , there has been a major change in the importance of manufacturing within the UK economy . |
10 | Roger Henderson , QC , the Bar 's public affairs spokesman , warned that the words used in the White Paper were open to different interpretations , but said : ‘ Lord Donaldson has plainly interpreted the White Paper on the basis that there has been a major change from the Green Paper . ’ |
11 | Set up in 1983 under the Finance Act , the BES has been a major facilitator of the channelling of funds to businesses ( Peat Marwick 1986 ) , many of which would apparently not have been able to raise capital without the help of the BES , although it was also reported that very little of the funds were provided for seedcorn businesses . |
12 | And , least definably , there is the cultural nationalism , the concept of ‘ Englishness ’ that , from the beginning , has been a major element in the subject . |
13 | The fact that these efforts go unrecognised has been a major element in the ‘ failure ’ labels attached to many deaf schoolchildren . |
14 | ‘ He has jolted me into new experiences , obliging me to reconsider old questions about good and bad , beautiful and ugly , vulgar and elite , ’ and ‘ has been a major innovator in exploring new visual sources , new media , new thresholds of propriety ’ . |
15 | A : Unfortunately there has been a major problem with overbooking among Cypriot hoteliers . |
16 | This has been a major problem in Kent , Essex , Suffolk , and Norfolk , and most notoriously at Halvergate , where there have also been acidity problems , causing some farmers to have to jet their drains every year . |
17 | In Manchester there has been a major development of a Sexual Assault Referral Centre , jointly funded by the police and hospital authorities . |
18 | This has been a major platform of government economic policy . |
19 | Held at the Stadium Youth and Community Centre in the Shankill , the crime-busting project has been a major success to date — with eight out of 11 young people getting jobs . |
20 | Stainrod has scored six goals from just five starts and has been a major influence in Dundee 's recent run of good form . |
21 | The coalmining industry has been a major symbol of the differences between the two main political parties of post-war Great Britain : the Labour party , with its firm commitment — especially in the first decades of the period — to public ownership of the ‘ commanding heights of the economy ’ , and the Conservative party and its much greater ( and increasing from the mid-1970s on ) commitment to free market operations with minimal state interference , let alone ownership . |
22 | As we have already seen , these make up a sizeable number of temporary workers and in the years since 1983 there has been a major expansion of special employment measures in Britain . |
23 | Mrs Johnson has been a major supplier to both Sotheby 's and Christie 's this spring season , offering silver , furniture and works of art at sales both in New York and London ( some lots undesignated as to their owner ) . |
24 | The insights of the church growth movement in showing the impact of culture in these areas has been a major contribution to the Church 's understanding of its missionary task in recent decades . |
25 | Brainstorming on creative tasks has been a major activity in the advertising business where it began in the 1930s . |
26 | Over the years the G M B has been a major part of our family life the night meetings sometimes being away from home the disputes I have been involved in you have shared them with me and listened to me , and because of my involvement you have always supported me . |
27 | Expansion has been a major part of Lyles ' recent history but still the pace of change does not let up . |
28 | Composer , Barrington Pheolung , says the show has been a major part of his life . |
29 | The wettest town in Britain has been a major centre of the Welsh slate industry since the eighteenth century , and the hills all round it are scarred by quarries and deformed by spoil heaps . |
30 | Whether the share of GNP devoted to defence is 13–14 per cent or some other figure ; whether growth was 4 per cent a year throughout the 1970s , or for only half that time , military expenditure has been a major contributor to the investment squeeze . |