Example sentences of "[verb] make a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A customer who has made a major purchase may then realise that he needs other , smaller items . |
| 2 | Already the rosy periwinkle from Madagascar has made a major contribution to curing childhood leukaemia and other blood cancers . |
| 3 | Perhaps most importantly , a clear statement of the Government 's interest could do a great deal to improve industry 's poor image in the eyes of the media and of young people , a factor which has made a major contribution to our failure as a nation to make the best of our reserves of natural talent . |
| 4 | And yet , in a separate discussion of education in Cuba since the revolution , Bowles claims the exact opposite : ‘ There is every indication ’ , he writes , ‘ that the allocation of a sizeable fraction of the nation 's resources to education has made a major contribution to the forces of production . ’ |
| 5 | It has acquired this position for a number of reasons including the fact that historically it was essentially the creation of the people of Wales themselves and has made a major contribution to the educational needs of the nation . |
| 6 | He has made a major contribution to public understanding of science through his books , lectures and broadcasts and through the Exploratory . |
| 7 | Wimpey became heavily involved in Oman 's drive for modernisation and through Wimpey Alawi has made a major contribution to the fabric of the State by building roads , prestigious offices and government buildings , a police training college , hospitals — including the magnificent £150 million Royal Hospital — and hotels . |
| 8 | Oxford is a national centre for the treatment of problems associated with childbirth , and research in Oxford has made a major contribution to the treatment of these problems . |
| 9 | Just turned 21 , she has sold more than 30 million records worldwide , has made a major feature film and has silenced the carping critics with a massively successful debut tour as a live performer . |
| 10 | President Bush has made a major concession to industry over the implementation of the new Clean Air Act , overturning a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) . |
| 11 | There was a hint that this was a short term strategy , Mao at the seventh national congress in April nineteen forty five argued the C C P has made a major concession to land to the tiller . |
| 12 | An infant at eight months who retrieves a completely-occluded object has made a major advance in understanding the appearance-reality distinction , at least on the plane of action , because he now knows that , although the perceptual input at one time tells him that there is no rattle in his reachable space , really there is . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But then why would Mao in nineteen forty five say that how that they 'd made a major concession to land to the tiller but that this is a correct one and they 're going to , that land reform has to be taken in stages and they 're going to first of all reduce rent and , I mean er |
| 16 | Andre Agassi will return to make a major challenge for the Wimbledon title . |
| 17 | It was a fuss about nothing , and I greatly doubt whether anyone other than Randolph Churchill would have made a major issue of it . |
| 18 | But in numerical terms this factor can hardly have made a major impact — the Max Planck Institutes permanently employ only 2000 researchers , compared with a total of 76 000 university academics of whom more than 20 000 are professors . |
| 19 | It 's tricky , as someone who skis and mountaineers , to whine about the encroachment of ski developments in Scotland , especially when the developers of Aonach Mor spilt so much ink about how they were ‘ conservation friendly ’ , they could have made a major motion picture out of their press releases . |
| 20 | Now 26 he decided to make a major leap into white collar work . |
| 21 | To top it all a stranger is set to make a major impact on your life . |
| 22 | and erm justify long-term development needs not just in total , but by recognizing making a major contribution to total land use but also . |
| 23 | It had become evident by now that the sepoys were preparing to make a major assault in order to bring about the end of the siege . |
| 24 | The ANC secretary-general , Cyril Ramaphosa , said the government had made a major concession on the issue of devolution of power to regional governments . |
| 25 | General Motors of America believed they had made a major breakthrough into the British market in 1985 when they persuaded Foster Yeoman to buy four specially constructed 3,300hp locomotives to haul heavy stone traffic from their Merehead quarry to locations in the South East . |
| 26 | The Empire had made a major contribution , in men and resources , to the French war effort , much national pride was invested in it , and it was seen as a source of continuing French influence in the world . |
| 27 | Probably because it started the 1980s with a fleet of new 125mph HSTs which had made a major impact on its market , the East Coast main line was far better placed to withstand the rigours of the recession than its West Coast neighbour . |
| 28 | Returning from a break in Wales , we found annual nettles , chickweed and seedling thistles had made a major takeover bid for the plot ; a bit of a blow , but not entirely unexpected . |
| 29 | But the Germans really had little to boast about ; they too had made a major blunder early on by concentrating on the construction of Zeppelins , and their maintenance of technical superiority during most of the war was almost entirely thanks to the brilliance of a twenty-five-year-old Dutchman , Tony Fokker . |
| 30 | In addition to expanding our production capabilities , Johnson Matthey continues to make a major investment in autocatalyst research and development , working closely with the world 's motor industry to reduce engine emissions and to develop catalyst systems for new engine designs . |