Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] a major [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Piaget , the activity of play represents a major advance in the ability of the child to control its own environment and engage in a variety of strategies . |
| 2 | * whether the decision involves a major purchase , in which case there may be prolonged reflection , consultation and problem-solving behaviour . |
| 3 | The figures show that agriculture represents a major industry for Scotland . |
| 4 | This seemingly minor change has a major effect on the function of the haemoglobin molecule : de-oxygenated HbS is insoluble and precipitates within the red cell , forming long crystals which force the red cell to assume the eponymous sickle shape . |
| 5 | For the simpler tasks of cataloguing , none the less , the computer has a major contribution to make and is already making it . |
| 6 | There is no doubt that the efficient way to plan projects is to take them in order of priority — the marketing function has a major interest in priority setting — and allocate to each in turn the maximum amount of resources it can usefully employ . |
| 7 | Forth Valley Health Board has a major outbreak plan which offers staff guidance on how to recognise and report outbreaks of infection ( especially enteric illness ) and outlines the lines of communication and administration required . |
| 8 | This approach stems from a strongly held belief that voluntary action represents a major force for positive environmental change . |
| 9 | Any visitor to Ireland does n't have to travel very far before realising that this is a land where religion plays a major role in the life of every city , town and village . |
| 10 | The purpose of information is to enable people to make better decisions and accounting plays a major role in the vital area of decisions about finance and investment . |
| 11 | A levy of some sort is essential , so that the industry plays a major part in all training . |
| 12 | INDONESIA Through its interest in the Sanga Sanga PSC. , LASMO has a major position in the growing Pacific rim LNG market . |
| 13 | In this book , Leonie Archer looks at the effects of this in the Judaism of antiquity , where blood has a major significance in ritual both in the sacrifices in the Temple and in the shedding of blood in circumcision — the ‘ Covenant ’ between God and his people . |
| 14 | The chemical industry 's ‘ Responsible Care ’ programme has a major role to play in demonstrating that the industry is serious in its intent to perform better . |
| 15 | More importantly , recent research reveals a major lack of consensus among politicians over the basic role of government in the economy [ Harris , 1981 ] . |
| 16 | Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze delivers a major speech on the Middle East in Cairo during a tour of the region . |
| 17 | GRE forms a major component in the formula for determining the actual resource allocation , or the Block Grant ( £8.5 milliards in England for 1985/6 ) , which consists of the transfer from Central Government to augment the income that is derived from property rates . |
| 18 | The poetry which the children produced as a result forms a major part of the exhibition which also includes photographs from the library 's archives , the Bigger-McDonald Collection , the Willie Carson Collection and those donated by the late Mabel Colhoun . |
| 19 | One of these was Piccadilly Circus , the authors observing that : ‘ here the architectural setting becomes a major consideration , although this must not preclude a satisfactory traffic solution ’ ( para. 32 ) — an almost prophetic comment , bearing in mind the events relating to Piccadilly in the 1960s ( see p. 168 ) . |
| 20 | If the concentration of production and distribution units becomes a major force in the transition to the SEM , there will be an inevitable tendency for that concentration to occur in the core regions which will probably not only contain relevant headquarters and production units , but will also guarantee proximity to markets and immediate access to a range of supporting service functions . |
| 21 | As the largest provider of visit attractions in Scotland , Historic Scotland plays a major role in the Scottish tourism industry . |
| 22 | Taken against the background of considerable other evidence about the genetics of psychosis ( especially schizophrenia ) we can therefore certainly conclude that inheritance plays a major role in determining susceptibility . |
| 23 | The Modular Course Co-ordinator plays a major counselling role in relation to prospective applicants . |
| 24 | ICI believes that the Environmental Protection Act represents a major opportunity for good environmental performance in the future . |
| 25 | This was not the response of the majority , however , and the willingness of users to inject dirty drugs and reuse and share equipment represents a major health hazard , which will be discussed in Chapter 9 . |
| 26 | I do not accept that the proposal represents a major surrender of sovereignty . |
| 27 | Each committee covers a major section of work within a geographical area , linked to the activities of a broad management function , for example ‘ transport ’ ( i.e. train crew , stations , signalboxes , etc. ) , ‘ works and installations ’ ( i.e. permanent way activities ) , offices and workshops . |
| 28 | Again , the A nineteen south has a major highway constraint upon it and it 's very difficult to see how that could be overcome . |
| 29 | In operational day-to-day terms the Bank of England has a major influence on three major markets , the sterling money market , the foreign exchange market , and the gilt-edged market . |
| 30 | The critique of scientific socialism and economism has a major place in Marxist debate in the twentieth century . |