Example sentences of "be now a major " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Americans had already displaced the British in Saudi-Arabia and were now a major force in Iran . |
| 2 | Training of unskilled staff to operate this equipment and to exploit the scientific data is now a major role for GRID staff . |
| 3 | There is now a major question mark in policy-making over the meaning of ‘ regeneration ’ and particularly over who benefits from regenerative policies . |
| 4 | But Newton , 21 , is now a major factor in fourth-placed Chelsea 's emergence as genuine title contenders . |
| 5 | Drug resistant M tuberculosis is now a major problem throughout the world , and in response to this the production of streptomycin has been increased . |
| 6 | Having said the BMC made a bad move getting involved , the fact remains that access is now a major issue for mountain users ; not due to the traditional problems of a landowner barring access — there is much less of that these days . |
| 7 | Similarly , cultural and population dynamics have meant that there is now a major youth culture , with its associated markets . |
| 8 | In the language of political philosophy , power is deemed to be a concept that is ‘ essentially contested ’ which means that although the concept has featured prominently in political philosophy over the centuries and is now a major concern of organisation theorists we are still left with disputes over its meaning . |
| 9 | Having started with nothing other than very modest share capital more than 20 years ago , it is now a major player on the UK and international scene . |
| 10 | It is now a major international business and one of Britain 's biggest yen earners . |
| 11 | When that is added to the fact that rural development is now a major part of the Maastricht treaty and of the MacSharry proposals , is not that a very good thing for rural society ? |
| 12 | THE name of Burston has only recently become associated with the Company , but is now a major centre for the South East Region . |
| 13 | We soon became accustomed to seeing her in Proctorial sub-fusc , worn not just for all the ceremonial occasions but for the daily transaction of University business which is now a major part of the Proctors ' tasks . |
| 14 | Mr Morrison said the independence movement had opened up the possibility of former Eastern bloc countries becoming big players in the drug trade : ‘ Poland , for example , is now a major manufacturer of amphetamine . ’ |
| 15 | Chairman Tim Dewhirst said last October 's £14m acquisition of Slimma , an M&S womenswear supplier , had gone ‘ extremely well ’ and the group was now a major presence in women 's , men 's and children 's clothing . |
| 16 | Victory in her first war with one of the European powers had the paradoxical effect not of reassuring Japan that she was now a major power able to compete effectively with the others as at least an equal but , instead , of convincing her of her continuing vulnerability and the need to strengthen further her military capability . |