Example sentences of "[was/were] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 15 years ago MOVIES were a major part of the schedules although the film of Up Pompeii starring Frankie ( Please yourself , missus ) Howerd was on back where it started on the small screen . |
| 2 | Thus , the 1784 election led to 17 unbroken years of Pitt as prime minister ; after the First World War the coalition stayed on in name but the Conservatives won 335 seats in 1918 ; Churchill 's Great Coalition presaged the Labour landslide of 1945 and the iniquities of the Lib-Lab Pact were a major factor in Mrs Thatcher 's victory in 1979 . |
| 3 | It is clear , therefore , that the effects of the French War on the Gascon trade were a major factor in the fortunes of Bristol ; in London matters were rather different . |
| 4 | The elections were a major test for Mahathir 's government , since for the first time the UMNO-dominated coalition faced a cohesive , multiracial coalition of opposition parties . |
| 5 | Oiticica 's ‘ Penetrabili ’ , booths which can be entered and explored with all five senses , were a major influence on ‘ Tropicalismo ’ , an avant-garde movement which affected Brazilian cinema , theatre and music in the late Sixties . |
| 6 | Of course , environment , diet and indulgence contributed to the ill-health of many workers , and hours of labour were a major aggravation . |
| 7 | More than 40 competitors blanked and iced rod rigs were a major problem . |
| 8 | Or were a major problem ? |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm a woman 's man , ’ Florian returned complacently as their driver eased his slow way out of one of the traffic jams that were a major problem in Taipei . |
| 10 | The bomb blasts and scares were a major irritation for London retailers as streets were cordoned off and buildings evacuated , but there was strong trading in the last few days before Christmas , now an established feature of the London retail scene . |
| 11 | Indigenous Guatemalans in highland departments where guerrillas were active in the late 1970s and early 1980s were a major target of army counter-insurgency policies . |
| 12 | In the 1950s , property assets were a major target and the boom in mergers was directly linked with the sharp upward movement in property prices . |
| 13 | In the years from the repeal campaign to the suffrage movement women 's struggles were a major force in sexual politics . |
| 14 | These well-produced papers were a major challenge to the indigenous political press , some of whose publications failed to survive as a result . |
| 15 | ‘ There 's no sugar left , ’ he said almost as though it were a major tragedy . |
| 16 | Adam Smith had maintained in 1776 that " those laws which have been enacted with such severity against the combinations of servants , labourers and journeymen " were a major weapon in the hands of employers , as were the powers to deal with riot and disorder when frustrated workers began to attack persons or property . |
| 17 | The seymouriamorphs were a major phylum on the evolutionary ladder with a skeleton featuring characteristics of both reptiles and amphibians , and probably were descendants of a missing link of transitional animals . |
| 18 | New lead-isotope and rare-earth element ( REE ) results from the south Pennine area confirm that basinal Viséan-Namurian shales were a major source of the mineralisation . |
| 19 | She doubted if Williams were a major player — even on the telephone , he sounded a loser — but at least he might tell her who had put him up to it . |
| 20 | Some officials relied on the evidence of headmen ; others believed that the intrigues of headmen were a major cause of crime . |
| 21 | It was undeniable that low wages as well as unemployment were a major cause of poverty . |
| 22 | Hence cross-boundary flows , and the inability of districts to control referrals from general practitioners , were a major cause of the financial problems such districts have suffered in recent years . |
| 23 | She felt as if someone had wrapped her thoughts in a blanket Reasoning seemed difficult ; actions were a major effort . |
| 24 | These equations were a major advance , since they generalised Marx 's formulation , and incorporated both equilibrium and proportionality . |
| 25 | Transport was a major consideration in the choice , as about 60 per cent of wastes to be treated are expected to come from British Nuclear Fuel 's nearby Sellafield plant . |
| 26 | In Britain , rock art was a major feature , consisting frequently of cup-and-ring marks . |
| 27 | It also inspires tremendous loyalty and a voluntary support squadron led by Air Commodore Dick Bogg was a major feature of today 's parade . |
| 28 | For Engels , by contrast , the possibility revealed by the gentile constitution was a major guarantee that the Marxist vision of the withering away of the State in a future communist society was not a recipe for chaos , as was argued by his opponents . |
| 29 | Their reception was middling but this was a major triumph . |
| 30 | Whether or not the story is true , there is no doubt that the imprisonment was a major breakthrough for both religious and political Paisleyism . |