Example sentences of "[adv] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But perhaps worst of all , it has been clearly demonstrated that while a change in attitudes to a brand or product can precede a purchase of that brand , it can equally well follow the purchase : does attitude change influence a purchase , or does it merely result from it ? — since people often feel the need to justify a purchase , especially a major purchase , after they have made it . |
| 2 | Such proposals are naturally a major source of controversy between the political parties but some local authorities have undoubtedly been looking at charges with a fresh eye in recent years . |
| 3 | If the staircase is suffering from poor design or bad workmanship , from wood rot or heavy infestation by woodworm , if it has loose joists or suffers separation from the wall — then you can mark down a major defect , as it will probably require complete renewal . |
| 4 | In a similar ‘ misunderstanding ’ the signal from a security guard 's walkie-talkie closed down a major generator at a production plant . |
| 5 | The first exercise to close down a major AEA site took place . |
| 6 | I mean what they 're considering at the moment is making Trumpton into a live-section , full-blown Broadway show , with perhaps a major star playing the train driver . |
| 7 | Perhaps a major inhibitor of change was the teacher action that term over the teachers ' pay claim . |
| 8 | This could operate rather like a personal TESSA and would be a er tax free savings account , which would allow a small business to save for a perhaps a major piece of machinery in a tax free environment . |
| 9 | The lack of privacy in working-class homes , for example , was obviously a major determinant of mores . |
| 10 | There is obviously a major point of policy involved in this matter , so let us look at the organisation and training of these people who play such an important part in the safety of the travelling public . |
| 11 | Obviously a major programme of breeding from the finest stock is necessary : huge and sturdy bull bailiffs , cunning and persistent bitch bailiffs . |
| 12 | The expansion of new media ( and new forms of old media ) was obviously a major cause . |
| 13 | But as you know the Save The Children is just one development organisation and with limited resources , so a major part of our task is to use our influence and authority to press for change on a wider scale by keeping the issues of poverty and inequality and of children firmly on the international agenda . |
| 14 | While criticized by many on the grounds that it had few ‘ teeth ’ and represented a compromise between the DoE and all other departments ( notably those of Agriculture and of Transport ) , it was none the less a major achievement . |
| 15 | Bernard Shaw , the Webbs and their small circle led the way and it should not be forgotten that the Fabian Society , which they founded , is today stronger than ever , no less idealistic and no less a major influence in the councils of the party . |
| 16 | Slum clearance , for example , is only a major problem in some areas . |
| 17 | By 1755 serious friction had developed between England and France over their respective Far Eastern and North American colonies , and it was rapidly learned in London that the French had , though reluctantly , decided that only a major invasion of England itself could force the English to keep ships at home or bring them back from overseas . |
| 18 | Hiram Powers is not only a major monograph on one of America 's most significant artists of the nineteenth century , but also a catalogue of more than 200 portraits of members of international society who found themselves in Florence from the 1840s until the 1860s . |
| 19 | Appointment of GALs in secure accommodation applications is not only a major challenge of the Act , but is a significant change from previous practice , as it provides an opportunity for an independent investigation . |
| 20 | Deduction at source was hardly possible with other than government employees , nor on the recipients of rents and interest , but Addington 's division of his tax into five schedules , A to E , was not only a major step in the direction of obtaining accurate assessments but remained the basis of income taxation into our own time . |
| 21 | You may feel that only a major record company can offer your band the right level of investment and promotion . |
| 22 | Thomas Cook and his family were without doubt the single most important innovators , establishing not only a major business enterprise but methods of operation that were to have global implications . |
| 23 | Most significantly , the structure of many rifts examined by seismic methods has been shown to be asymmetric with most of the downthrow occurring along a major boundary listric fault on one side of the rift . |
| 24 | Use is not necessarily a major factor , and Peasgood 's article describing changes in allocations between faculties according to past use probably reflects the exception rather than the rule . |
| 25 | but there is that level and kind of education provided in the other Colleges of Further Education , and likewise it would not affect them either , so I do n't think we 're talking about necessarily a major part of the sixth form provision in the county . |
| 26 | Gradually you should be able to phase out the tangible reinforcers when tantrums are no longer a major part of her repertoire . |
| 27 | Would she ever feel able to accept that motor racing was no longer a major part of her life ? |
| 28 | Japanese agriculture is no longer a major source of capital and exports , but it has reduced Japan 's dependence on foreign foodstuffs . |
| 29 | Consequently , some Brazilians now regard BNDES as a relic of the 1950s , useful in its day but no longer a major instrument of development policy . |
| 30 | It does n't supersede that in any way , and obviously if people do run into problems I mean normally a major problem in the first three months or three thousand miles is taken back to the dealer anyway . |