Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [prep] a major " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the British challenge made its start in 1987 at four locations , it has blossomed into a major feature of up to six kite meetings each year . |
| 2 | The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation ( FAO ) has claimed as a major success its programme for integrated pest management in rice . |
| 3 | Charles Tompkins , managing director of NOS , a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless , said the contract has come as a major breakthrough for his company , propelling it into the major league of offshore suppliers . |
| 4 | Since then , it has grown into a major production unit in the carpet industry . |
| 5 | ‘ Sterling has moved into a major bear market . |
| 6 | DARLINGTON 's Bank Top railway station has benefited from a major facelift costing millions of pounds over the last decade . |
| 7 | Maktoum al Maktoum has emerged as a major player in the London property market , backing a £350m luxury hotel and office project on the Isle of Dogs in London 's Docklands . |
| 8 | The deregulation of long-distance coach services has led to a major expansion in reliable and cheap services . |
| 9 | The long-term trend towards greater equality of income and wealth has been reversed under the Conservative governments of 1979 onwards and it is argued that this ‘ strategy of inequality ’ ( Child Poverty Action Group ) , which is seen as a direct consequence of the drive towards popular capitalism , has led to a major increase in poverty in the UK and to the possible emergence of an underclass , who lack any stake in popular capitalism and who are caught in the dependency culture . |
| 10 | It will be the first of only six 400m hurdles races she is planning in her build-up to the world championships in Stuttgart and she will be up against Vera Ordina , the 25 year-old Russian Olympic finalist who Gunnell has identified as a major threat this summer . |
| 11 | There have also been some very encouraging noises from the Pipe stable , which has resulted in a major gamble from 14–1 to 4 's over the last couple of weeks . |
| 12 | There was an attempt to push the balance back in favour of the consumer , but privatisation has achieved the opposite because it has resulted in a major shift of power away from the consumer to the producer . |
| 13 | Cahill has n't really performed since the drawn game against Donegal last season but has put in a major effort in training . |
| 14 | In the meantime , the tendering process for the purchase of Warrington 's own CT scanner has started following a major boost for fund-raisers since the bombings . |
| 15 | WORK has started on a major business and housing development in north Essex . |
| 16 | The company has evolved into a major chemical manufacturer , and a supplier with a supplier with a world-wide reputation for flexibility , innovation and excellence . |
| 17 | Since then the initiative has evolved into a major community-wide campaign for action . |
| 18 | Later , it was argued that the coming of cultivation meant another , although admittedly much less traumatic change , and resulted in weaning becoming established as a major and most significant developmental stage . |
| 19 | In another school the project became subsumed within a major review of the lower-school curriculum , and , as we have seen above , in School G the project gave birth to a completely new initiative , providing a mutual focus for the distinct aspirations of a number of departments and a shared resource base for more closely integrated interdisciplinary work . |
| 20 | Here we will recover over one million tonnes of coal , partially by washing , and get rid of a major eyesore left by deep mining . |
| 21 | The rest of the cast has yet to be decided , but the Civic panto has become established as a major regional attraction and demand for tickets is bound to be fierce . |
| 22 | Hallin feels the band have a grim determination not to water down their sound having signed to a major label . |
| 23 | In view of the predicted climatic perturbations due to smoke produced by a major nuclear exchange , Dr Carty questions whether the burning of oil from Kuwait wells might contribute significantly to climatic cooling ( Chem . |
| 24 | FIREFIGHTERS must borrow equipment from neighbouring brigades while tests are carried out on supplies feared damaged in a major chemical fire . |
| 25 | The proportion of the final value of silk goods returned to producers is substantial , sufficient indeed to have led to a major expansion of the industry in recent years , with visibly greater prosperity in sericultureal areas . |
| 26 | By late 1989 the Bofors affair had developed into a major electoral issue [ see p. 36976 ] and in late December , some three weeks after being elected , the new National Front government issued a notification excluding Bofors from entering into future weapons contracts with the Indian government [ see p. 37126 ] . |
| 27 | He still looked as if he had escaped from a major car crash . |
| 28 | In North Worcestershire also industrial growth made little or no visible impact on the structure of wealth , possibly because a man 's position in the rural hierarchy determined his choice of trade , In Yardley tile making had evolved as a major activity early in the fifteenth century ; along with tanning , which may still have been the principal industry in nearby Birmingham , it was practised by farmer-craftsmen , who mostly had well under £20 in goods , the £3 — £9 range forming a good two-thirds of the list : Thomas Walton , whose £11 was the highest assessment , made tiles and practised cooperage in winter . |
| 29 | These are now telecast live , or slightly delayed , and have developed into a major part of the state-run television schedule on a Saturday afternoon — with the consequent spin-offs to the various sponsors . |
| 30 | This debate , which essentially arises out of the Piper Alpha disaster , has been given even greater poignancy due to the reports that we have received of a major explosion at Grangemouth . |