Example sentences of "[verb] as a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the manufacturing sectors of Britain , the USA and Australia , conglomerates predominate as a major locus of internalized planning and communication . |
| 2 | Technology transfer was also recognized as a major issue . |
| 3 | Hepatitis B was formerly referred to as ‘ serum hepatitis ’ because percutaneous exposure to contaminated blood has long been recognized as a major mode of transmission ; and cases of hepatitis B from blood transfusion , needlesticks , and sharing contaminated needles among drug abusers have been well documented . |
| 4 | The privatization programme has been recognized as a major break with the mixed economy consensus . |
| 5 | Even though odour emission may be regarded as a major consideration , as shown above , only rarely is planning permission refused on that ground alone , generally permission is granted but the development modified in some way to minimise any potential odour nuisance . |
| 6 | The elections were widely regarded as a major setback for the ruling Kuomintang ( KMT ) and for President Lee . |
| 7 | Unfavourable mention in Which ? is regarded as a major problem for well-known manufacturers . |
| 8 | The need by the USA to finance the deficit by — in effect — foreign borrowing is regarded as a major factor sustaining high interest rates in the USA as well as other countries . |
| 9 | Such a change will not be regarded as a major change and you will not be specially advised of such an operational amendment . |
| 10 | His earlier much-fabled ‘ ruthless determination ’ and fanatical single-mindedness were now becoming to be regarded as a major liability , and the command to the 6th Army to fight to the last man was seen as its fateful demonstration . |
| 11 | Any problems with drains should be regarded as a major defect and the details passed on to your solicitor . |
| 12 | If any hostile power monitored that transmission , it could well be regarded as a major breach of national security . |
| 13 | Certainly , it is easy to understand why drainage was regarded as a major manifestation of progress . |
| 14 | Constantine , who presided unchallenged over the Roman Empire from A.D. 312 until his death in 337 , is rightly regarded as a major pivot in the history and development of Christianity . |
| 15 | Darwin is thus treated as a major figure in the history of science because he both popularized the general theory of evolution and discovered the mechanism that seems to offer the best prospect of explaining how the process works . |
| 16 | Alexander was rattled , disturbed in his habits , by instant fame , by being treated as a major dramatist . |
| 17 | It is claimed as a major contribution to identifying and predicting ‘ families in difficulty ’ . |
| 18 | The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation ( FAO ) has claimed as a major success its programme for integrated pest management in rice . |
| 19 | These structural problems will act as a major constraint on any potential recovery in the housing market . |
| 20 | Rather than seeing labourism within the narrow confines of a trade union dominated political intervention at the level of the state , I wish to consider it as a political culture within working-class experience at all levels , which can not be reduced to a bourgeois ethos , and which has as a major component ( but only a component ) the Labour Party . |
| 21 | The University has as a major objective for the future the acquisition of the whole of the Radcliffe Infirmary site , if the Headington Strategy goes ahead , for use for university purposes . |
| 22 | The impact of increased competition between building societies and banks has been blamed as a major determinant of the observed change in relationships among the various monetary aggregates , and between them and nominal incomes . |
| 23 | It 's come as a major surprise to his friends at the training club . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | As Chairman of the National Curriculum English Working Group I was given the responsibility of deciding on programmes of study for all children from 5 to 16 , of putting right what I regarded as a major omission in the Kingman Report . |
| 26 | The report highlights as a major problem the fact that only three of the works staff were in post at the time of the inspection . |
| 27 | Vigorous exercise for 20 minutes three times a week will approximately halve your chances of coronary thrombosis , as will getting rid of your spare tyre , cooperating with treatment for your raised blood pressure , and giving up smoking — even if the experience counts as a major life stress ! |
| 28 | For example , although industry is often considered as a major contributor to smog , this may not always be the case . |
| 29 | Although these urban areas support a surprisingly large variety of nesting birds they can not be considered as a major nesting habitat for any except Swifts , Starlings , House Sparrows and hirundines . |
| 30 | With acquisition of Gain multimedia tools and the unveiling of a leading edge tool strategy in June of this year , should now be considered as a major player in the tools arena . |