Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Incidentally , I foresee a major problem looming next season . |
| 3 | Of course , if two members of staff happen to fall in love and decide to marry , it would be churlish to be apportioning blame ; but what I find a major irritation are those persons — and housekeepers are particularly guilty here — who have no genuine commitment to their profession and who are essentially going from post to post looking for romance . |
| 4 | As in scene six , Anderson withholds information but there are important differences in his reasons for doing so here which implicate a major change of attitude . |
| 5 | The unfortunate irony for field staff , however , is that immediate changes in water quality are almost certainly changes for the worse which follow a major pollution incident . |
| 6 | Particular course offers may include the requirement to obtain a Distinction in BTEC National Diploma or a Grade B at Higher Level in the Republic of Ireland Leaving Certificate in specific subjects as part of the entry requirements eg. in a modern language for admission to some courses which include a major language component |
| 7 | In this respect , NAB will also have to define its relationship with the voluntary colleges , many of which have a major involvement in teacher education . |
| 8 | It might also be prudent to make notes of any conversations which have a major bearing on your status or prospects and retain them in your job file . |
| 9 | The following table shows the proportions of non-publishing researchers at the universities which have a major interest in Scottish geology . |
| 10 | The following table shows the proportions of non-publishing researchers at the universities which have a major interest in Scottish geology . |
| 11 | Metal borrowings , which have a major effect on the profitability of our businesses , have been slashed in half as a result of the process . |
| 12 | Revisionists have therefore questioned the notion that the commune in itself had been a major barrier to improvement or labour mobility and , equally , the notion that dismantling the commune would in itself provide a major stimulus to agricultural development . |
| 13 | Er there were a couple of times when the police were called and actually turned up , and and what people believed would have been a minor fight , then developed into a you know a major skirmish . |
| 14 | If you visit a major cat show today you will find that there are about fifty breeds on display there , in addition to the many different colour forms and ‘ sub-breeds ’ , all minor variations of well-established breeds , which need not concern us here . |
| 15 | In addition , it is the young old — those in their sixties and seventies — who play a major part , disproportionate to their numbers , in the maintenance of voluntary organizations which contribute not only to the welfare of the disadvantaged but also to the cultural activities of the country at large . |
| 16 | It is also essential that they are part of the community , getting to know the members , donors , tenants and volunteers who play a major role in the work of the Trust . |
| 17 | This book is geared more to those parents who take a major part of the responsibility for the games and are just using the entertainer to bring an additional dimension to the party . |
| 18 | If you have a major credit card you can even order your tickets by phone . |
| 19 | In addition to that you get depreciation of one thousand one hundred and forty four pound per year which , by my reckoning is ninety five pound a month in addition to that , as a Methodist Minister you get a standing charge of five hundred and twenty eight pound per year which is forty four pound pe er , per month and then you also through i in the year if you have a major repair needed on your car you get a hundred and eight pound now , if in fact , I had , I have a Vauxhall Nova , and let me take these figures as you are at twenty four P a mile , or twenty four point five P a mile and if that 's all we are recommended , recommending , in other words , there 's no lump sum at all er , that would mean that I would be getting forty nine pound but Methodist , this colleague in Llandudno if he did |
| 20 | Whenever we suffer a major loss in our lives — such as the death of a loved one , divorce , redundancy , miscarriage , children leaving home , or the end of a love affair — we need to go through a period of mourning . |
| 21 | We want a major presence that corresponds to the size of that market . ’ |
| 22 | We consider a major change to be any of the following changes made before the day of departure : change of departure airport , resort area , outward or return time of departure by more than 12 hours , or substitution of the accommodation you have booked with one of a lower price or official classification . |
| 23 | To consider such questions , we present a major season spanning thirty years of French cinema from the nouvelle vague to the present day . |
| 24 | One statement to which we take a major issue is that Dista Products failed to inform the Committee on Safety of Medicines about the way the drug behaved in the body of certain very elderly patients and that thus information was withheld from doctors for a period of 14 months from June 1981 . |
| 25 | But now that we are free from the constraints of big business , we have a major opportunity to develop our own ideas . |
| 26 | It seems that every few decades in this country we have a major battle over divorce law reform . |
| 27 | Maybe it 's because we have a major problem with superfluous hair . |
| 28 | Here we have a major difference from the historical pessimism of Adorno 's negative dialectics which in certain respects poststructuralism might appear to resemble . |
| 29 | We have a major research programme funded by the UK Department of the Environment to monitor the environmental impact of genetically modified organisms ( GMOs ) . |
| 30 | Surely in a way I 'm answering my own point , you would have to go beyond just having a set of words on paper which says we have a major exceptions policy . |