Example sentences of "have been [art] major " in BNC.
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1 | Weed control must have been a major problem for a one pass cultivation system before the development of herbicides , and the extra weight of the rotor unit and the engine must have made the plough difficult to handle at the headlands . |
2 | ‘ From a planning point of view it would not have been a major worry , although only the force staging the original tie could police the second replay because all the liaison work for the first match would have been done . |
3 | Had the crowd not been prepared to accept the directions of the stewards at Carlisle Square and had they made an attempt to follow the original route , there would have been a major clash with the RUC and the loyalists and large-scale violence . |
4 | By then there would have been a major waste of resources . |
5 | Poseidon 's power was at this early time far greater than that of Velchanos : he received large-scale sacrificial offerings at Pylos , and may well have been a major deity on Minoan Crete too . |
6 | The Sun decisively sabotaged what should have been a major circulation booster for its main competitor . |
7 | In the past , the publication of such a book would have been a major professional event . |
8 | This would at best have been a major irritant for an embattled leader of the opposition But it became worse than that . |
9 | He would hardly have risen as high as his colleague Lloyd George but , had he lived , would surely have been a major figure in the Liberal government of 1905–15 . |
10 | Near to large rivers and lakes , fishing would always have been a major activity , particularly for salmon and the ubiquitous eels . |
11 | In the past there would have been a major famine ; now they have simply called on their own 30-million-ton reserve of wheat . |
12 | Three times world champion Thorpe would have been a major attraction at the Lisburn meeting , but in his absence they have signed up world championship rivals Mervyn Anstie and Gared Smith for the Toyota trophy meeting which takes place at Larchfield Estate close to Legacurry , Lisburn . |
13 | To have won either award would have been a major achievement ; to have won both Environmental and Export Awards in the same year is remarkable and gives us great satisfaction . |
14 | There is the possibility of some influence from craftsmen working to the south , around Water Newton , who specialised in the manufacture of geometric designs , but their work was based largely upon lozenge configurations and can not have been a major source of inspiration . |
15 | If it had n't rained the night before the car was burnt , there could have been a major forest fire . |
16 | The loss of the plant would have been a major blow to the local economy . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | 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 . |