Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the next few years we want to see a major reform which will help provide what the public wants and needs : a visible , local police presence . |
| 2 | FOREIGN media groups are expected to mount a major assault on Britain 's television industry following the publication of proposed broadcasting legislation which removes constraints on European takeovers and investments . |
| 3 | At Ashness Bridge , one of the most frequented sites in the Lakes , he helped to launch a major programme to combat the erosion caused by the pounding of millions of visitors ' feet over the years . |
| 4 | The Peoples Democracy Platform , the reformers ' ally , wants to avoid a major split at all costs and are trying desperately to prevent a purge . |
| 5 | ‘ We want to avoid a major incident if we can possibly help it ! ’ |
| 6 | It follows that the duty can not be expected to play a major part in controlling managerialist tendencies . |
| 7 | However the long standing official policy of community care , in which social services departments were expected to play a major part was thwarted by the unforeseen consequences of financial restraint . |
| 8 | The professor will be expected to play a major part in the organisation of syllabuses , teaching and lecturing in Roman Art and Archaeology , in close collaboration with the sub-faculties of Ancient History and Classical Languages and Literature . |
| 9 | Welcome back : Tactical voting is expected to play a major part in the general election , as Labour and the Liberal Democrats try to oust the Conservatives in marginal seats . |
| 10 | In university libraries the organization of staff for book provision has to resolve a major difficulty — the respective roles of university departments vis-à-vis the library staff . |
| 11 | In the Dinantian rocks which appear to form a major part of the leading Variscan thrust slice , the source potential of the limestones and dolomites ( which represent shallow water facies ) is assumed on the whole to be relatively low . |
| 12 | The total collapse of the Martian market for marioc is expected to have a major effect on the economy of Uridia . ’ |
| 13 | But now these incidental catches have come to present a major danger to cetacean populations . |
| 14 | The central focus of the project will be the impact of employee relations on port efficiency , but the research is expected to make a major contribution to the wider understanding of port operations and to inform current and future policy debates on the industry . |
| 15 | Another ultrasonic downhole inspection tool developed by AEA for the oil industry has undergone trials and is expected to make a major impact on traditional mechanical inspection techniques . |
| 16 | Its operation is expected to produce a major increase in radioactive discharges . |
| 17 | Charman did not confront Gedge over his flirtation with Catt because he did n't want to cause a major disruption in the middle of a tour . |
| 18 | This winter I hope to perform a major rebuild and , as part of this , I would like to modify the braking system . |
| 19 | Indeed , the new T'ang , Li Yuan , plans to launch a major campaign against them . |
| 20 | At the end of this month , the operator plans to launch a major sales campaign and to open several Itineris sales locations . |
| 21 | After this calamity , several new groups appeared , of which the most important were the clymeniid ammonoids , quite different from anything that went before and destined to play a major role in the world of stratigraphical palaeontology . |
| 22 | The great man might expect to play a major part in the design of the building , as Maxwell did when the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge was built following his appointment in 1871 , as the first professor of experimental physics . |
| 23 | A disturbance in immunoregulatory control has long been suspected to play a major role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease . |
| 24 | The moves seemed to mark a major change in the government 's attitude to the conflict . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ROYAL intervention is being sought to stop a major North-East sports ground being sold to a supermarket firm . |
| 27 | Leonel Alvarez , rated at about £1 million and expected to play a major part in his country 's World Cup campaign , had been lined up initially on loan , but Derby 's manager Arthur Cox said : ‘ We explored the situation , but it was n't possible . ’ |
| 28 | It was intended to play a major part in the Japanese defence of the Homeland should the Allied invasion occur . |
| 29 | ‘ Since most experts seem to preclude a major upturn in energy prices before the end of the century , we may have to develop a combination of policies and taxes to stimulate the market for improvements in efficiency now as insurance against disruptions from climate change later . ’ |
| 30 | The Department of the Environment has agreed to fund a major study into deaths and diseases among marine mammals in the North Sea , in an effort to determine once and for all whether they are linked to pollution . |