Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] a major [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through his stimulus , the art of pictorial narrative experienced a major revival in twelfth-century England . |
| 2 | How to avert both these dangers became a major concern among employers , politicians and in the press , although optimism remained that solutions could be found . |
| 3 | Since association ( or multi-employer ) bargaining became a major part of the industrial relations systems of these countries the specific collective bargaining role of employers ' associations now requires more detailed analysis . |
| 4 | Keating announced a major reshuffle of the Cabinet on Dec. 27 , which included the appointment as Treasurer of John Dawkins , one of Keating 's most staunch supporters in his leadership struggle with Hawke . |
| 5 | But Bregawn was the winner , and the £45,260 he earned that afternoon made a major contribution to the £358,837 prize money which saw Michael Dickinson champion trainer again that season , with 120 winners in all — a record total — from 259 runners , a strike rate just short of one in two . |
| 6 | The proposals involved a major change to the presentation of financial performance both in the p&l account itself and for items passing through reserves . |
| 7 | Two years ago I decided to study the subject and healthy eating became a major household experience as we tried and tested GH recipes . |
| 8 | Neville Chamberlain , for instance , expressed fears that British and imperial interests might suffer if the United States became a major player in world affairs . |
| 9 | Rex made a major sigh . |
| 10 | The news of Edberg 's defeat caused a major stir , as you can imagine , among the British camp in Bayonne , with Tony Pickard , Britain 's Davis Cup captain , as well as Edberg 's coach , saying ‘ When I was told , I was shattered ’ . |
| 11 | But Dayglobe 's bid suffered a major setback last month when councillors rejected its planning application for the site . |
| 12 | AN AGREEMENT offering creditors of Bank of Credit & Commerce International returns of up to 40 p.c. suffered a major setback yesterday when the High Court granted a four-week adjournment before considering whether to authorise the deal . |
| 13 | British industry suffered a major crisis and needed to reorganise and rationalise at all levels . |
| 14 | As both polyester and polyamide are ultimately derived from oil , the industry suffered a major trauma ; raw material prices went up between three and four times — and that led to a rapid revision of growth rate potential . |
| 15 | As the Association 's general secretary , David played a major role in the many developments which took place during the period . |
| 16 | One of the kindest and most popular members of the board , which he served with distinction for some 20 years , Mr Scott played a major part in the gradual development of Goodison Park into one of the country 's finest grounds , and also led the battle against hooliganism from the front . |
| 17 | To commemorate the anniversary , the HGO organized a major press junket : critics from all around the opera world came to Houston to interview David Gockley and see three new productions by his company : the world première of a new opera by Robert Moran , the American première of Robert Wilson 's production of Parsifal , and a new version of André Grétry 's Zémire et Azor , billed as the first revival of the opera in the United States since 1794 . |
| 18 | The United States established a major lead over both Japan and Europe . |
| 19 | The treaty between Robert II of Flanders and Henry I of England , renewed by their successors , stipulated that each knight supplied to the English king should bring three horses with him — this at a time when a horse represented a major investment . |
| 20 | The last decades of the nineteenth and the first decade of the twentieth centuries saw a major attempt at moral restructuring which had its effects both in legislation and in the tone of public life . |
| 21 | Chapman 's prediction that it would be five years before Arsenal won a major honour was not only , with hindsight , amazingly accurate ; it was also meant to be realistic . |
| 22 | From then on , the references to pre-capitalist systems become more and more numerous in the work of Marx and Engels , but it was really from 1880 on , when Marx was shown the work of the American anthropologist Lewis Henry Morgan that he and Engels gave a major place to the study of tribal societies . |
| 23 | On Feb. 5 the Israeli air force launched a major air raid against Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) Fatah bases in Lebanon north of the border zone , killing eight people , and in a ground operation by Israeli commandos on the night of Feb. 6-7 an ammunition dump was destroyed . |
| 24 | On Nov. 5 Chiluba launched a major reorganization of both the civil service and parastatal organizations . |
| 25 | That assurance , derived from the conviction that the WEA had a major role to play in society and that the Eastern District was successful in fulfilling it , was apparent in the paper , ‘ A Consideration of Aims and Purposes ’ , written by former treasurer Edward Miller in 1956 . |
| 26 | Georg Kreisel gained a Major scholarship to Trinity College from Dudley Grammar School in 1941 . |
| 27 | The regular clergy remained a major source of friction , however , and the claims of Benedictine and Cistercian monasteries and nunneries could often run counter to the interests of secular nobles . |
| 28 | Daily encounters in residential settings underwent a major change because the needs of young people are different from those of children . |
| 29 | No doubt the laying of the artificial grass pitch at Newry played a major part in getting their fixtures cleared up early . |
| 30 | MIDDLESBROUGH suffered a major blow to their promotion hopes when they spurned the chance to climb into third place . |