Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It has been argued that death-feigning in natural circumstances is of comparatively little use and far too risky to become a major defence strategy . |
| 32 | The fact that only three west European companies were prepared to make a major commitment in such a key area was one more indication of how global the electronics industry had become . |
| 33 | The true economics of Keynes , they argue , is a dynamic analysis of the macroeconomy in disequilibrium and as such represents a major contribution to economic theory as well as to economic policy-making . |
| 34 | The fire and safety project represents a substantial order and is for a new installation on the Umm-Shaif development , whilst the second incorporates a major element of fire protection systems for retrofit of an existing installation , the Zakum Central Super Complex . |
| 35 | Israel claimed that the treaty placed Lebanon under total Syrian control and as such posed a major security threat . |
| 36 | The abolition of internal customs tolls in 1775 provided a major stimulus . |
| 37 | The significant rise in the value of the pound from 1979 played a major part in crippling Britain 's export performance , while making imports that much cheaper . |
| 38 | Its sponsorship programmes have been developed from commercial precedents and in 1991 included a major league Australian football team , several other football organisations , two national basketball teams , some mass participation sports , and even a drama group . |
| 39 | The year 1660 saw a major revolution in grave-clothes , indirectly leading to the firm establishment of undertaking as a distinct trade , the birth of a new industry and some additional work for the jobbing printer ; for in this year an Act came into force , which decreed that all persons had to be buried in shifts , shrouds and winding-sheets made of woollen material , rather than linen , and free from ‘ Flax , Hemp , Silk , Hair , Gold or Silver , or other than what is made of Sheeps Wooll only ’ . |
| 40 | Importantly , the Directive applies to all voting shares , even if they are bearer ; it may therefore become impossible to shelter a major holding behind the anonymity of bearer shares . |
| 41 | Meal times anchored the day and as such had a major place in family life . |
| 42 | Common Wealth was a marginal protest movement : but the Communists seemed set to become a major force in British politics . |
| 43 | This situation was fostered , on the one hand , by the lack of interest on the part of Moscow to export an increasingly nationalistic and doctrinaire literary theory designed primarily for strategic domestic purposes , and on the other , by the enormous interest on the part of Moscow to recruit as many prestigious fellow-travelling intellectuals to the ranks of the anti-fascist lobby as possible.16 From the French perspective , therefore , 1934 marks a major turning point . |
| 44 | The grant level reduction announced by MAFF on 11 December 1984 constitutes a major change brought about as a result of wanting to reduce public expenditure and due to concern for the conservation of upland landscapes and wildlife . |
| 45 | Britain is likely to suffer a major loss of land along the east coast especially around the Wash and Thames estuaries and the Norfolk Broads , while coastal protection works such as the ♯500 million River Thames barrier protecting London would have to be raised . |
| 46 | In the end , the overriding motivation for studying synaptic plasticity in the brain is the hope of gaining an understanding of the physical basis of memory in health and disease , and it is the nature of the link between LTP and memory that is likely to provide a major focus for research in the future . |
| 47 | MALTA 's steadfast defence during 1940 to 143 played a major part in the course of the war . |
| 48 | The Adult Education Regulations of 1932 addressed a major problem which had not been resolved under the Board 's 1924 Regulations . |
| 49 | It will also need to be aware that concerns such as these expose a major limitation of the school-controlled model of INSET which Leeds , in common with other LEAs , has adopted , and which is reinforced by current government funding arrangements and LMS . |
| 50 | You are about to set out on an interesting and formative experience , something that is likely to have a major impact on your life . |
| 51 | In the areas of social policy , a separate protocol to which all the member states except the United Kingdom are signatories , is likely to have a major impact on companies operating in the Community , including a probable ‘ trickle-on ’ effect to companies based in the United Kingdom . |
| 52 | These had a major impact in Britain and elsewhere and form the beginning of subsequent studies . |
| 53 | However , the fourth frame looked likely to prove a major turning point . |
| 54 | The Cocom regulations apply to all former East Bloc countries except Hungary , and are likely to prove a major thorn in DEC 's side . |
| 55 | These include a major conference in July 1982 for representatives from each of the Major Project schools at that date , courses on study skills in fourth-year and fifth-year project work , half-day courses on study skills in relation to science for prospective Major Project schools , and two open courses on effective learning and study skills . |
| 56 | ‘ and that 's when I 'm likely to make a major mistake . |
| 57 | I also said that was when I was likely to make a major mistake . |
| 58 | Announcing a £63 million , five-year court-building plan yesterday , Lawn Tennis Association chief executive Ian Peacock admitted that no current players are likely to make a major impact on world rankings . |
| 59 | These represent a major area of energy consumption and potential waste in many laboratories . |
| 60 | It has large ( several million tonnes ) resources of high-grade baryte and is likely to become a major producer . |