Example sentences of "to have a major [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They have aimed to participate in all , or nearly all , of the major fields , and to be net exporters of major electronics hardware items ( TV sets , computers , telephone switches ) ; they also seek to have a major defence and aerospace industry and to be net exporters of television programming .
2 Thus , where element analysis by X-ray fluorescence of the inlays on two silver Anglo-Saxon disc brooches shows both to have a major component of silver , with some copper and sulphur .
3 The first thing to do is to have a major component of the reading section to include dyslexia , with erm instruction of trainee teachers , not only in how to recognise the problem , but also how to do something about it , and how to use the education system to bring support for parents and pupils .
4 ‘ I 'm going to have a major rest and then I 'll consider what to do .
5 His theology , nonetheless , was to have a major influence upon atonement thinking , and helped to shape modern thought .
6 Undoubtedly , the two interrelated movements — the democratic movement and the labour movement which developed so vigorously in the nineteenth century continue to have a major influence in politics , but the relation between them has changed during the present century , in a way which is also relevant to the character of more recent movements .
7 Against a background of inherited susceptibility , diet , particularly one that is high in animal fat , seems to have a major influence on the development of colorectal cancer .
8 Henley will continue to have a major influence on management development worldwide in the 1990s .
9 I 'm very concerned that if we do n't get some urgent remedial action to do this brickwork , that we 're gong to have a major problem down there .
10 You are about to set out on an interesting and formative experience , something that is likely to have a major impact on your life .
11 The second dramatisation to have a major impact in the 1980s was shown only a few days after ‘ Walter ’ .
12 It should therefore be of little surprise if the expenditure on inner city regeneration turns out to be a risible fraction of that necessary to have a major impact on the level of urban immiseration as long as it can still produce the sort of photogenic spectacle so clearly embodied in Birmingham 's super-prix or Phoenix 's grand prix , Boston and New York 's marathons or Liverpool 's Tall Ships Race .
13 In the areas of social policy , a separate protocol to which all the member states except the United Kingdom are signatories , is likely to have a major impact on companies operating in the Community , including a probable ‘ trickle-on ’ effect to companies based in the United Kingdom .
14 With the European Community continuing to have a major impact on the key corporate tax planning issues associated with operations in mainland Europe , and with the wide divergence of personal tax practices and rules globally , keeping abreast of developments is essential for all practitioners .
15 This was Tom Chalmers , who had already had a great influence on the development of broadcasting in Nigeria and was later also to have a major impact on the development of radio in Malawi , Zambia , Botswana , Lesotho and Swaziland .
16 While this might be thought to have a major impact , the effects would have been lessened if the cremating was carried out at dispersed homes .
17 The dispute threatened to spread to Woolwich , Birmingham , Belfast and other centres of the munitions industry ; the legislation of December 1915 was to have a major impact on British housing policy .
18 It carried out a survey of the noise and vibration likely to be caused by the construction of the project and concluded that noise and vibration would be ’ unlikely to have a major impact . ’
19 And so far , with our results , it looks as if it does not seem to have a major impact on our patients , so we may be doing something that does n't er particularly help the patients , and this is very important since we spend a lot of time doing these sorts of er procedures in our patients .
20 Nose-art on Victor K.2 XH671 Sweet Sue , the last of its breed to have a major overhaul .
21 The total collapse of the Martian market for marioc is expected to have a major effect on the economy of Uridia . ’
22 It has been suggested that the move to a loans-based higher educational system will provide small firms with a supply of labour , as in the US , but this is unlikely to have a major effect other than on the demand for temporary workers .
23 The approach recognises that the clerks who will eventually use the system ought to have a major design role .
24 in 1971 she was the first contemporary artist to have a major retrospective at the Hayward Gallery , curated by Bryan Robertson .
25 The ambition is to have a major tournament here by 95 … and the ryder cup soon after that …
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