Example sentences of "[v-ing] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In south Glasgow , two secondaries are beginning a rolling programme which is aimed at thwarting a major shake-up by Strathclyde . |
| 2 | Community Care is launching a major campaign this week to press the government to respond to a hidden national scandal — the abuse of elderly people in their own homes . |
| 3 | Participants also discussed the possibility of launching a major research project on the theme , and made plans for a book on communication and human rights in Africa . |
| 4 | Participants also discussed the possibility of launching a major research project on the theme , and made plans for a book on communication and human rights in Africa . |
| 5 | HAVERHILL Meat Products , one of the UK 's largest meat processors , is launching a major business expansion under a fresh identity . |
| 6 | The second language list , which included those languages other than the ‘ major ’ EC languages , should rather be seen as representing a major step forward in the recognition of the importance of , for example , Urdu . |
| 7 | Towards the end of 1992 , the company was successful in securing a four year inspection services contract for the Shell Southern North Sea MMSC representing a major break through for the company in this area . |
| 8 | The move was provoked by evidence that Venezuela was fast becoming a major centre for the laundering of drug profits and the storage and shipment of cocaine abroad , especially to growing markets in Europe . |
| 9 | Bureaucracy was becoming a major issue in contemporary China . |
| 10 | But it 's becoming a major issue as landfill sites fill up . |
| 11 | Increasingly in universities and colleges modernity is becoming a major concept whose usage is increasingly following American philosophical and sociological meanings . |
| 12 | Provision for children with special educational needs is becoming a major problem , leading to overspending in a considerable proportion of local authority education budgets . |
| 13 | But he 's confident his knowledge of the site and his presence here will prevent crime becoming a major problem . |
| 14 | Detective Inspector Keith Felton , head of the Northumbria Drug Squad , says Ecstasy is becoming a major problem . |
| 15 | The Enterprise Lecture is now becoming a major event in the University calendar and this year 's lecture was an outstanding success . |
| 16 | At the same time as teacher education and the new colleges of higher education were becoming a major component of the CNAA 's repertoire of subjects and institutions , the Council and the NCDAD were coming closer together . |
| 17 | He then turned to becoming a major builder of railways . |
| 18 | Berkshire 's outlet was Reading , situated on the Kennet just above its confluence with the Thames , and on the way to becoming a major river-port , forwarding malt and meal to London , to which Great Marlow shipped Chiltern corn brought down from High Wycombe . |
| 19 | What prevents sabbatarianism becoming a major vote-loser for the Party is the absence of serious competition from any group to the right on the constitution . |
| 20 | This once mighty state was now again becoming a major power in Europe , thanks less to its nominal ruler , Philip V , than to his prime minister , Cardinal Giulio Alberoni . |
| 21 | As the price of computers decreases and as they become incorporated in a wide range of domestic goods , from cookers to calculators , the ordinary consumer is becoming a major purchaser of electronic gadgetry . |
| 22 | He served in the committee concerning accounts within weeks of election as an MP , later joining the committee for martial law and the committee for Irish affairs , at which he attended assiduously , becoming a major figure . |
| 23 | Speaking in Brussels , where the Community dimension of the drama is becoming a major debate , the Labour leader , Mr Neil Kinnock , said : ‘ Freedom is magnetic and it is natural that the people of Eastern Europe should lunge for it at their first chance . ’ |
| 24 | But the war was here the occasion for their collective expression , at a time when , with the threat of invasion passed , debates about the future shape of British society were becoming a major ingredient in political discussion . |
| 25 | MANSON 'S SOLO LP , featuring songs that he originally presented to Byrds producer Terry Melcher in the hope of landing a major record deal . |
| 26 | SUEDE , who are on the verge of signing a major recording deal with Sony , have announced details of their second single and three September dates . |
| 27 | For example , a new band signing a major record deal may well spend £50,000 recording an album and receive another £50,000 in personal advances ( money to live on until royalty income is generated ) . |
| 28 | While at Environment he was burned in effigy by the people of Foxley Wood for approving a major housing development . |
| 29 | Each unit contains over four hundred items , establishing a major impact on the market with a multi-style choice of plains , patterns , print , wovens and textured fabrics ( although the fabrics are manufactured by Sekers , they will be sold under the Stoddard Templeton label ) . |
| 30 | Columbia fought the rating by hiring a major law firm and produced several hundred affidavits from psychiatrists , social experts and church men to support their view that the film should be seen by audiences under eighteen , because it was a realistic look at social behaviour . |