Example sentences of "[vb base] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Revisionists have therefore questioned the notion that the commune in itself had been a major barrier to improvement or labour mobility and , equally , the notion that dismantling the commune would in itself provide a major stimulus to agricultural development . |
| 2 | Community Health Councils provide a major platform for the consumer voice in the NHS . |
| 3 | Modern corporate businesses are few and licences for small-scale repair shops and petty street traders provide a major share of city revenue . |
| 4 | However , although rivers and estuaries helped to form these beaches , they also provide a major threat to those who windsurf from them . |
| 5 | Such trends provide a major explanation for the rise in worldwide unemployment in the 1970s and 1980s . |
| 6 | As in the African countries discussed above , forest industries also provide a major source of foreign income in Malaysia . |
| 7 | Even if FMS does not prove to be the critical target gene , characterisation of the microdeletions should considerably reduce the critical deleted region and provide a major step to identifying the real target gene . |
| 8 | We want a major presence that corresponds to the size of that market . ’ |
| 9 | They occupy a major part of my time — time I would prefer to be spending on actually trying to improve the services we offer . |
| 10 | Old Hall yes , yes , yes , yeah and so I think and of course erm I have talked erm I talk in the different clubs you know , as I say , and I think erm the majority of women usually like this , they look forward to the divi to buy say a major item , you know . |
| 11 | For this reason fears have been expressed that rising house prices pose a major threat to price stability generally . |
| 12 | In Fifth Year , students undertake a major design project , and are required to demonstrate competence over the full range of architectural design . |
| 13 | In fourth year , students take a number of specialist options and also undertake a major piece of original research . |
| 14 | Single events rarely cause a major restructuring of the child 's personality : they occur in the context of a continuous interaction with the environment which itself is not static and which may modify , strengthen or weaken the consequences of what has happened already . |
| 15 | Imagine a major crisis in your area of responsibility . |
| 16 | We consider a major change to be any of the following changes made before the day of departure : change of departure airport , resort area , outward or return time of departure by more than 12 hours , or substitution of the accommodation you have booked with one of a lower price or official classification . |
| 17 | In subsequent races this will be on their mind and create a major obstacle to future success . |
| 18 | Would the sound of that diabolical symphonic flush carry that diabolical symphonic flush carry into the Abbey and create a major embarrassment for the British Monarchy ? |
| 19 | Specific individuals need to be identified within each agency who are willing , competent and have the resources to make their work with child abuse and neglect a major commitment . |
| 20 | He hit 87 as Essex made 188-6 from 52 overs in their rain-hit match , but they still face a major battle today . |
| 21 | I , I think that 's again going to be part of it because that is certainly I mean a major reason why er a lot of peasant societies have large families , but we 'd still have to try and explain why it was that in this period , presumably so very much more of those children were surviving than had been the case earlier . |
| 22 | Unpaid poll tax bills remain a major problem for the council . |
| 23 | The ethnic borders remain a major constraint and not until they have been done away with can we be effective . |
| 24 | Despite the problems with groups they remain a major fact of life in all organizations . |
| 25 | Banks make a major contribution to industrial financing which is not shown in their lending figures , in that they facilitate the leasing of equipment . |
| 26 | Is he further aware that the port and officials at Dover make a major contribution to safety in this area ? |
| 27 | Automotive glass enamels and associated silver pastes make a major contribution to the success of our operation in Maastricht . |
| 28 | They make a major contribution to the life of the University , providing it with a breadth of outlook , experience and sympathy which is greatly valued . |
| 29 | Whenever we suffer a major loss in our lives — such as the death of a loved one , divorce , redundancy , miscarriage , children leaving home , or the end of a love affair — we need to go through a period of mourning . |
| 30 | Er there were a couple of times when the police were called and actually turned up , and and what people believed would have been a minor fight , then developed into a you know a major skirmish . |