Example sentences of "[det] the major [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is in reading that the major problem of achievement lies . |
| 2 | Would it have any other major part or is that the major part ? |
| 3 | All the major transformation tools now have accompanying dialogue boxes that allow the user to specify exactly the numerical value of the transformation ; be it shearing , rotating or enlarging . |
| 4 | They cover virtually all the major subject areas and with such a wide selection available , relatively few new courses are likely to be added to the established pattern . |
| 5 | Output must be fully compatible with all the major word processors and battery life should be measured in days rather than hours . |
| 6 | All the major Test playing nations are represented ( save Pakistan of course ) , the West Indies dominating with nine overseas professionals , of whom only three were actually playing against South Africa . |
| 7 | She has published articles on the collections in all the major map journals and last year published , with the Scottish Library Association , The Scot and his Maps a concise , authoritative and readable history of her subject . |
| 8 | All the major tree felling is now completed ( thanks Joe and Graham ) and the clearing of the decking is now complete . |
| 9 | The world complained about Adobe 's restrictions but all the major typesetter vendors realised that a single well defined and maintained standard was better than the previous chaos and so adopted Adobe 's PostScript . |
| 10 | Just about all the major software companies have an upgrade policy . |
| 11 | In discussions with me , representatives of all the major brewing companies have admitted that the orders did not force them to take those actions against the tenants . |
| 12 | And erm Lunn Poly sells the holiday products of all the major tour operators and airlines , cruise lines , etc . |
| 13 | The Library of Congress Classification Scheme is very evidently enumerative , but then all the major classification schemes are . |
| 14 | All the major gas discoveries were made between 1965 and 1967 using seismic data similar to that shown in Fig. 4 . |
| 15 | IBM Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co promised back in December that they would formally unveil their Fibre Channel Systems Initiative ‘ in six to eight weeks ’ and that all the major workstation companies had signed up ( UX Nos 414 , 424 ) . |
| 16 | ‘ We are in deficit , unfortunately , with all the major trading nations of the world with the exception of Canada . |
| 17 | The oldest pieces of amber we have date from a hundred million years ago , a very long time after the conifers and the flying insects first appeared , but they contain a huge range of creatures , including representatives of all the major insect groups that we know today . |
| 18 | Earlier this year , the Secretary of State met the representatives of all the major brewery companies , having received a deputation from the National Licensed Victuallers Association . |
| 19 | Now furious MP John Townend , chairman of the powerful Tory Party finance committee , will today write to the bosses of all the major banking groups , demanding action . |
| 20 | Carver dealt with all the major terrorist and criminal organizations . |
| 21 | First of all the major documentation we 've got is the contract and there we have six companies and we have the same contract for all six . |
| 22 | I am particularly encouraged by the references to better facilities for pedestrians and cyclists , and to see that routes for them have been incorporated into all the major development sites where appropriate — and indeed given some prominence in the site maps . |
| 23 | Inset Cooks were agents for all the major shipping lines . |
| 24 | Well , if you want to sell houses , why have all the major building companies in this country announced the largest cuts in profits this decade ? |
| 25 | Guinness is sold through all the major brewer 's outlets , and accounts for 4.5 per cent of total beer sales . |
| 26 | It 's all very well for all the major computer manufacturers to say that all the money is in software and services these days , and that hardware is a commodity business , but if no-one wants to make the hardware , there 's no industry . |
| 27 | It is the production version of the PWS 4000 porting platform which has been shown at all the major computer exhibitions since Comdex/Fall last October ( UX No 357 ) . |
| 28 | Silk is used either on its own or in combination with wool by a number of individual weaving groups in all the major rug-making countries , with the exception of the Soviet Union , the Balkans and Pakistan , where very few silk or part-silk items are produced . |
| 29 | All the major system features are implemented in a single VME slot , increasing the system 's functionality in minimum space . |
| 30 | After analysing all the major news reports broadcast during the year-long dispute , the authors observed that |