Example sentences of "have [be] the major " in BNC.
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| 1 | The seniority-based nature of the wages system in Japan , the nenko system , has been the major focus of much discussion of the relation between rewards and performance in Japan ( see Sano , 1977 ) . |
| 2 | Particularly impressive has been the major revival of the South East since the mid 1970s , but there has also been a return to strong growth in the other three regions of the South in the mid 1980s . |
| 3 | The parliamentary road to socialism has been the major tradition within Britain where the Labour Party has long been the dominant organisational force on the Left and amongst the working class . |
| 4 | Concern about nephrotoxicity has been the major factor limiting more widespread investigational use of cyclosporin in ulcerative colitis . |
| 5 | There 's no doubt it has been the major factor in walkers having accidents . ’ |
| 6 | Their absence has been the major talking point as Wednesday plot how they will overturn that two-goal deficit , but Francis has had enough . |
| 7 | Now I know it was likely the alcohol was causing his depression and may well have been the major influence on the poor family relationships involved . |
| 8 | Another larger issue could well have been the major redirection of Bernician military might and political power needed to secure an advance north of the Forth . |
| 9 | Kent also seems to have been the major importer of garnet , although the actual amount that survives has not been quantified . |
| 10 | However , the determination of the drug barons to avoid extradition to the United States on drug charges was generally considered to have been the major factor behind the offer to surrender . |
| 11 | The SLORC regime had been eager to attract foreign investment ; this was thought to have been the major factor in its decision to proceed with the election . |
| 12 | France had been the major supporter of Euratom ; as the only one of the Six already possessing a nuclear programme , it obviously hoped to benefit most from the joint funding of the Community and to establish a domination of the nascent industry . |
| 13 | Indeed , it had been the major objection to Lamarck 's theory and to Vestiges that man was treated as an animal ; and that if such a view gained currency , people would start to behave like animals . |
| 14 | Arms control and related issues were high on the agenda and significant agreement was reached on the status of air-launched and sea-launched cruise missiles , which had been the major stumbling blocks in the way of a new strategic arms limitation treaty ( START ) . |
| 15 | Carpet manufacture and related activities had been the major provider of employment in the area up until the late 1960s . |
| 16 | But I have to say that they 've been the major percent of them er we think if only they would knuckle down to it they would do it . |
| 17 | The breakdown of traditional national markets , in terms of taste and fashion , coupled with the need to cope with a Europe without internal frontiers in 1992 have been the major stimuli towards growing internationalisation . |
| 18 | Their early bargaining patterns and nature of product markets at the time bargaining developed , the willingness or otherwise of employers to form bargaining coalitions in dealing with unions , the form of divisions between unions themselves , together with the role of state policy , have been the major , identifiable forces ( ILO , 1974 ) . |
| 19 | Green belts have been the major instrument of planning in fringe areas , having long been advocated by leading planning theorists such as Unwin and Howard . |
| 20 | Lending to small business owners has become an important profit centre for banks and the importance of establishing an efficient means of raising finance is also vital to the economy , because ‘ recent evidence shows that small firms have been the major creator of new jobs in the 1980s ’ . |