Example sentences of "have [be] no major " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Institution of Civil Engineers said in evidence to the Lords : ‘ The fact that there has been no major disaster in the United Kingdom for more than 50 years should not be allowed to obscure the ever-increasing danger in the future . |
| 2 | Does the hon. Gentleman accept that in my constituency there has been no major industry since 1979 , except for last year when two British companies sold their businesses to the Taiwanese ? |
| 3 | There has been no major study of prisoners ' families for nearly a quarter of a century , and what has been done tends to remain firmly outside the prison walls . |
| 4 | In the past ten years there has been no major new investment in Kenya , a country previously regarded as an oasis of economic success in east Africa . |
| 5 | There had been no major engagements in the field and the sieges that the king had undertaken had been abandoned . |
| 6 | There had been no major showdown for 20 years . |
| 7 | She had seen him at 5pm and there had been no major problems . |
| 8 | Its top-end quad-processor was launched more than a year ago and there have been no major additions to the range since then . |
| 9 | But dBase is no slouch , and there have been no major bug reports , or complaints about existing files failing to run , so maybe the chosen mix is good enough . |