Example sentences of "[verb] a major [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would need a major rethink both on operational employment and training . |
| 2 | The second language list , which included those languages other than the ‘ major ’ EC languages , should rather be seen as representing a major step forward in the recognition of the importance of , for example , Urdu . |
| 3 | Towards the end of 1992 , the company was successful in securing a four year inspection services contract for the Shell Southern North Sea MMSC representing a major break through for the company in this area . |
| 4 | The chassis will be designed by Anglo-Brazilian Ricardo Divila , but Guy Ligier received a major disappointment recently when ex-Tyrrell aerodynamicist Jean-Claude Migeot turned down an attractive offer . |
| 5 | AN AGREEMENT offering creditors of Bank of Credit & Commerce International returns of up to 40 p.c. suffered a major setback yesterday when the High Court granted a four-week adjournment before considering whether to authorise the deal . |
| 6 | The anti-hunting lobby secured a major victory today when Hereford and Worcester county council voted to ban hunting from much of its land . |
| 7 | Though the last twenty years has seen a major step forward in our understanding of the Scottish Reformation and of Scottish society in the sixteenth century , there is still an extraordinary gulf between the personality and the reign of Mary Queen of Scots . |
| 8 | While earlier growth was more dependent on manpower and the recovery factor , increases in working capital and improved techniques played a major role subsequently . |
| 9 | The real problem , of course , is that with only one prize in the art world it is so difficult to select only four artists who have made a major contribution over a year . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | A 135 acre site between King 's Cross and St Pancras will become a major interchange where passengers from the North-East and North Yorkshire will be able to change for trains to destinations as diverse as Brighton and Brussels or Portsmouth and Paris . |
| 12 | The government 's 1.5% public sector pay limit faced a major challenge today after it was rejected by leaders of 500,000 local government workers belonging to Nalgo . |
| 13 | He hit 87 as Essex made 188-6 from 52 overs in their rain-hit match , but they still face a major battle today . |
| 14 | There is no doubt that the growth and authority of employers ' associations has had a major influence both upon the development and the direction of collective bargaining in many countries . |
| 15 | They joined a major label so that they could sell records throughout the world and then made the job harder by keeping their names off record sleeves and rejecting full page adverts for smaller ones . |
| 16 | MITI is working to ensure that there is broader and more open international collaboration in the New Information Processing Technology Programme than was possible in the Fifth Generation Programme , and it is hoped that organisations in other countries may be able to play a major role both in the research and its exploitation . |
| 17 | So we can make a major breakthrough here . |
| 18 | When the draft report was issued in May , it was universally welcomed as heralding a major step forward in the way that UK listed companies should be run . |
| 19 | This represents a major step forward in unlocking the commercial potential of our inner cities and of breathing new life into areas which may have been derelict for many years . |
| 20 | The Civil Rights movement was given a major thrust forward by the ‘ Caledon squatting incident ’ ( 20 June 1968 ) . |
| 21 | I , I think that 's again going to be part of it because that is certainly I mean a major reason why er a lot of peasant societies have large families , but we 'd still have to try and explain why it was that in this period , presumably so very much more of those children were surviving than had been the case earlier . |
| 22 | I demand that this man gets a major deal now . |
| 23 | The Courtaulds Coatings ( Indonesia ) joint venture takes a major step forward in July with the opening of a paint manufacturing plant in Jakarta . |
| 24 | In a society which is increasingly bureaucratized , and characterized by impersonal relationships in the work-place or the streets of the city , the home forms a major setting where adults may enjoy primary social relationships . |
| 25 | He never developed a major following there — even , as far as can be seen , in the early 1470s when there was still a possibility that he might take on a political role . |
| 26 | He never developed a major following there — even , as far as can be seen , in the early 1470s when there was still a possibility that he might take on a political role . |
| 27 | The United States established a major lead over both Japan and Europe . |
| 28 | If your instruction is complex , length or will have a major impact please consult us first ! |
| 29 | Similarly , by playing roles such as mediator , ideas person , sceptic , analyst , summarizer , you can also have a major impact not only in the meeting but far beyond it . |
| 30 | Are you gon na have a major pig out on biscuits , or are you gon na wait and have your dinner ? |