Example sentences of "[that] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Technological change has led to a de-skilling of industrial work , so that a major requirement of many employers is now for cheap , non-unionized , semi-skilled labour ( Massey 1979 ; Wood 1982 ) . |
| 2 | Decimalisation meant that a major revision of the payroll system was needed and the limited time scales involved resulted in the acquisition and implementation of a payroll package called " COMPAY " . |
| 3 | True to Reid 's claim that the debate jumped to solutions , we now find that a major response to economic decline and youth unemployment has been the Youth Training Scheme organised through the Manpower Services Commission of the Department of Employment , in which the school sector plays little part . |
| 4 | Mr Runciman said the first warning of problems came in August when it was realised that a major contract expected in the first half of the financial year was not going to materialise . |
| 5 | It was not until James Watt , instrument maker at Glasgow University , was given the job of repairing a model Newcomen steam engine , that a major breakthrough was made in the business of powering up the early beginnings of the industrial world . |
| 6 | The answer , obviously enough , is that a major goal of The Lord of the Rings was to dramatise that ‘ theory of courage ’ which Tolkien had said in his British Academy lecture was the ‘ great contribution ’ to humanity of the old literature of the North . |
| 7 | This may well be the precursor of other similar disputes and the CNAA 's necessary concern at this situation arises from the fact that a major deterioration in the resource needs of the polytechnics inevitably casts doubt on their ability to maintain standards . |
| 8 | However , between 08:07 and 09:20 on 24 January , Yohkoh observations showed that a major change had occurred . |
| 9 | For the second approach , two things were significant : that a major change in British industry ( the fact that it was experiencing increasing competitive difficuIties ) was in turn being reflected in geographical changes , and that these geographical changes ( for instance , the decentralization in an effort to cut costs ) were themselves one way in which British industry was seeking to combat the growing pressures upon it . |
| 10 | Some senior managers had thought that a major change in BP Oil 's portfolio might solve some of the problems . |
| 11 | This was the first hard evidence that a change in the advanced courses was on the way although , ever since the development at National Certificate level , it had been assumed that a major change in the advanced level would follow in due course . |
| 12 | An increasing number of archivists and a few historians are coming to believe that a major change has taken place in the manner in which human society creates the evidence which will be used by the historians who , in the future , come to write about the late twentieth century ( Morris , et. al. 1992 ) . |
| 13 | This project originated from a recognition that a major concern in early childhood education in Britain at present is the role of parents . |
| 14 | Many sciences moreover share the characteristic that a major discovery means that all other models and theories are simply out of date and have to be discarded . |
| 15 | For instance , a sales pitch claiming that a major discovery has been made in the North Sea sounds suspect to the investor who has lost out several times in the past . |
| 16 | This play of factors meant that a major retinue was never just the sum of its territorial parts . |
| 17 | This play of factors meant that a major retinue was never just the sum of its territorial parts . |
| 18 | Most people are aware , for instance , that a major link between those who suffer heart attacks is that they tend to have a high level of cholesterol in the blood . |
| 19 | There are those who believe that a major earthquake along the San Andreas fault is inevitable at some time , but meanwhile people live in California and thrive and make money . |
| 20 | TVS shares shot ahead by 4½p to 26p on the news and there is speculation that a major battle could be in the wings . |
| 21 | Official accounts of the shootings emphasised that soldiers responded to heavy IRA nail bombing and gunfire , suggesting that a major battle had taken place . |
| 22 | Retail sales around the country were reported to have plummeted amid forecasts that a major recession was inevitable . |
| 23 | One has to recall that a major objective of Mrs Thatcher 's government has been to change public opinion , not least about the role of government itself . |
| 24 | It is for this reason that a major part of ISS is devoted to improving the staff-development of teachers , and in the period of implementation of ISS efforts have been directed to improving the Authority 's INSET and school self-evaluation procedures . |
| 25 | Officials believed that a major part of the financing of the attempted overthrow of the government was provided by his supporters , including his widow , Imelda Marcos . |
| 26 | In this imaginary development within Newtonian astronomy , it was never possible to be sure that a major success was not just around the corner . |
| 27 | ‘ They show that a major capital investment , amounting to £160 million in current prices , did not produce much physics and should have been closed long before it was in 1977 . ’ |
| 28 | It is at this stage that a major computer study may be undertaken into the integrity of the proposed design , in terms of function , strength , economics , etc . |
| 29 | Despite criticisms voiced by the Post Office Engineering Union ( 1980 ) it is still the case that warrants are to be issued under the hand of the Home Secretary rather than a judge , there apparently being no concern that a major invasion of privacy can take place by executive act without the need for any judicial approval or authorization , as is required in other democracies . |
| 30 | I have no doubt that a major influence in forcing him to make what must have been for him a most distasteful and humiliating manoeuvre , was a letter sent by a number of Durham county councillors to a local newspaper in reply to an article penned by Mr Fallon in the previous week 's issue . |