Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , studies suggest that a major source of enterprise autonomy is the ability of management to manipulate the conflicting political pressures on it and to negotiate successfully with the fragmented political authorities in the central state administration ( see , e.g. , Hannah 1982 : ch. 5 ; Feigenbaum 1985 ) . |
| 2 | Yet their support work with pupils is an intimate part of the ‘ caring ’ image the school has carefully fostered and a major encouragement to effective learning . |
| 3 | Surveys of technical and marketing journals and reports will be included but a major contribution will be derived from interviews with personnel from participating firms . |
| 4 | Mr Runciman said the first warning of problems came in August when it was realised that a major contract expected in the first half of the financial year was not going to materialise . |
| 5 | Official accounts of the shootings emphasised that soldiers responded to heavy IRA nail bombing and gunfire , suggesting that a major battle had taken place . |
| 6 | Such factors as the growth in unemployment and numbers of one-parent families mean that a major aim will be to identify more specific indicators of a heightened risk of entering care . |
| 7 | Officials believed that a major part of the financing of the attempted overthrow of the government was provided by his supporters , including his widow , Imelda Marcos . |
| 8 | ‘ They show that a major capital investment , amounting to £160 million in current prices , did not produce much physics and should have been closed long before it was in 1977 . ’ |
| 9 | It seemed that a major factor in being granted access , was that I was able to convince the deciding parties that the research would be ‘ useful ’ for practitioners . |
| 10 | It could be said that a major function of handmade ceramic ware , individually thrown mugs and bowls , is to aid the transition into the automated computer age . |
| 11 | However , the report identifies a number of areas that need to be addressed in more detail as a result we are recommendatin it , recommending that a major consultation exercise be d be conducted this year to ensure that the many ideas that people have to improve our Health , Safety and Environment Service are considered . |
| 12 | Some weeks after this Party launch , one key member was shot and a major split created the Irish National Liberation Army . |
| 13 | Moreover local authorities , viewed by the previous Labour government as the ‘ natural agencies ’ to tackle such regeneration , were now seen as a major cause of the problem . |
| 14 | At the Church Centre external painting was completed and a major rainwater leak cured . |
| 15 | All such social activities combined to determine the form in which early Anglo-Saxon society developed and a major consideration has to be the definition of all the levels of social organisation in as far as that is yet possible . |
| 16 | Some senior managers had thought that a major change in BP Oil 's portfolio might solve some of the problems . |
| 17 | He also predicted that a major area of concern for the future might be whether the farmhouse attracted 100 per cent property relief . |
| 18 | However , between 08:07 and 09:20 on 24 January , Yohkoh observations showed that a major change had occurred . |
| 19 | Indeed , early research on the use of paraprofessionals in the US indicated that a major barrier to the optimum use of this category of social service personnel was the lack of appropriate training for the professional staff who supervised and directed their work ( Denham and Shatz , 1969 ) . |
| 20 | Management consultancy Kinsley Lord , which has made a study of empowerment , recognises that a major effort is required to bring about a fundamental change of attitude . |
| 21 | Although it is recognised that a major proportion of referrals to social service departments are about elderly clients ( Black et al . , |
| 22 | It is however felt by both Company and the County and District Councils that against the background of EEC directives , increasing regulations and a more open attitude to information , it is appropriate to fully inform the local residents about what to do if a major incident does occur . |
| 23 | One has to recall that a major objective of Mrs Thatcher 's government has been to change public opinion , not least about the role of government itself . |
| 24 | After initial forays in 1981 , we decided that a major effort was worthwhile . |
| 25 | An increasing number of archivists and a few historians are coming to believe that a major change has taken place in the manner in which human society creates the evidence which will be used by the historians who , in the future , come to write about the late twentieth century ( Morris , et. al. 1992 ) . |
| 26 | Even if one remains within the traditional canon of the eighteenth century , it is hard to believe that a major critic could so easily dispense with Goldsmith , Crabbe , and Burns . |
| 27 | There are those who believe that a major earthquake along the San Andreas fault is inevitable at some time , but meanwhile people live in California and thrive and make money . |
| 28 | The authors believe that a major reason for the public 's perception that auditors lack independence is their ‘ weak structural position ’ , and that the only way to overcome this is for audit regulation to be taken away from the profession . |
| 29 | At the time it was found that a major drawback in dual-purpose cattle was that they often failed to breed true : the offspring tended towards either the beef or the dairy type of the breed 's dual-purpose spectrum , partly because of breeders ' preferences but partly , it was believed , because the dual-purpose breeds were effectively hybrids : if they had begun to show too great an emphasis on dairy characteristics , extreme beef sires were introduced to draw them back to their dual-purpose role , and likewise extreme dairy sires were used when they became too beefy . |
| 30 | I , on a point of order Madam Speaker , I understand that a major announcement in connection with rail privatisation is being made at this moment by way of written answer and press conference erm the statement will reveal a huge increase in access charges for railway operators and ultimately therefore huge increases in costs for tax payers and passengers . |