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

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1 This marked a major transformation in railway-company thinking .
2 This situation was fostered , on the one hand , by the lack of interest on the part of Moscow to export an increasingly nationalistic and doctrinaire literary theory designed primarily for strategic domestic purposes , and on the other , by the enormous interest on the part of Moscow to recruit as many prestigious fellow-travelling intellectuals to the ranks of the anti-fascist lobby as possible.16 From the French perspective , therefore , 1934 marks a major turning point .
3 1992 marks a major change in which Europe ceases to be a matter for specialists and becomes the concern of everyone in local government .
4 The trade union reforms , the break with the ‘ social partners ’ approach in running the economy , the abolition of a tier of local government , the imposition of far-reaching central government controls over local government finance and policies and then the replacement of household rates by the community charge , and the large-scale privatization , all mark a major departure from the conventions of post-war politics .
5 Thus 1973 marks a major setback from which there has been still-incomplete recovery .
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