Example sentences of "[pron] has [been] a major " in BNC.
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| 1 | In social security there is the retirement condition , which governs the receipt of the state retirement pension and which has been a major factor in the establishment of the pension ages as the customary retirement ages for men and women ( Walker 1980 ) . |
| 2 | The British government has announced measures to control the digging up of hedgerows by farmers , which has been a major focus of concern for conservationists for many years . |
| 3 | Sam shares a laugh with Suzanne Danielle , who has been a major factor in his return to form |
| 4 | The application of computer technology in the excavation process itself has been a major area of growth over the last decade . |
| 5 | Roger Henderson , QC , the Bar 's public affairs spokesman , warned that the words used in the White Paper were open to different interpretations , but said : ‘ Lord Donaldson has plainly interpreted the White Paper on the basis that there has been a major change from the Green Paper . ’ |
| 6 | A : Unfortunately there has been a major problem with overbooking among Cypriot hoteliers . |
| 7 | In fact , although over the past forty years there has been a major transformation of the Yugoslav economy , inter-regional differences are at least as great as they were before , and in some cases even greater . |
| 8 | For several years there has been a major breed improvement and production scheme in France to increase its genetic merit and select the best breeding stock from a nucleus of 45,000 recorded cows . |
| 9 | In particular , there has been a major and disproportionate increase in shoplifting ( 3 per cent of theft in 1945 , compared with 14 per cent in 1978 ) and in thefts from , and of , motor vehicles . |
| 10 | There has been a major increase over the last year in the number of disqualification proceedings taken out against directors , according to the Insolvency Service . |
| 11 | In the twentieth century , however , there has been a major change . |
| 12 | In Manchester there has been a major development of a Sexual Assault Referral Centre , jointly funded by the police and hospital authorities . |
| 13 | He could not argue , looking at Imperial , that there has been a major brain drain of senior staff . |
| 14 | Over the past few decades , in particular , in structuralist anthropology , psychoanalysis , and Marxist theory , there has been a major theoretical effort to challenge the naturalness of the ‘ unitary subject ’ in social theory , to see the individual as a product of social forces , an ‘ ensemble of social relations ’ , rather than as a simple natural unity . |
| 15 | In recent years there has been a major media hype about the supposed increase of government funding of initiatives in West Belfast . |
| 16 | Nonetheless given all the complexity of the above , and consequent disagreements over dates and magnitudes , there has been a major change in the importance of manufacturing within the UK economy . |
| 17 | In particular , while the broad move towards smaller , more powerful pocket-sized computing has continued , there has been a major new entrant into the field of handheld information devices . |
| 18 | As we have already seen , these make up a sizeable number of temporary workers and in the years since 1983 there has been a major expansion of special employment measures in Britain . |
| 19 | ‘ There has been a major effort to downplay Popov 's importance , to dismiss him as a ne'er do well and playboy , ’ Summers says . |
| 20 | Moreover , in a study by Smith-Goosne and Bennett ( 1988 ) , it was suggested that there has been a major rise in work-effort in recent years . |
| 21 | ‘ Alaska has a lot fewer , but larger , assets than XEU but there has been a major reorganisation there , ’ he says . |
| 22 | Therefore , there has been a major expansion . |
| 23 | I hope that the hon. Gentleman recognises that there has been a major expansion . |
| 24 | This may not be obvious if there has been a major problem and a solution has evaded many attempts to reach it . |
| 25 | There has been a major tendency , for example , to bypass and ignore the concept of " God " altogether — a situation which leaves children where they were . |
| 26 | However , according to the Halifax Building Society , there has been a major surge in interest for SAYE of late , thanks to low interest rates . |
| 27 | As a result of these concerns , there has been a major drive in both countries to reduce the burden placed on state finances by public enterprises . |
| 28 | So that there has been a major breakthrough in the appreciation of English music , but it 's not quite , it 's still on the periphery , I think , of erm music as far as the Germans , the French and the Italians are concerned . |
| 29 | It has been a major political and cultural force for a hundred years . |
| 30 | Just as Japan , a country dependent for 60% of its energy on oil , was a major sufferer when prices doubled in the second oil shock of 1979 , so it has been a major beneficiary of the subsequent fall in crude prices . |