Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wimpey joined forces with Taylor Woodrow and Amec to form the Kuwaiti British Fire Group and the consortium successfully completed a major contract for damage assessment and subsequent refurbishment of two oil fields . |
| 2 | As demand for food rose , the United States suddenly became a major exporter of agricultural goods , the surplus on that account rising from $1½ billion in 1972 to $10½ billion in 1974 . |
| 3 | They had come together to attend a major seminar on the development of an independent and pluralistic African press , held in Windhoek , Namibia , 29 April — 5 May . |
| 4 | In its later stages , the conflict settled around two issues : ( a ) official information , which in modern conditions was of direct political interest to the State ; and ( b ) obscenity , which characteristically only became a major object of legislation in the nineteenth century , with the development of an effective popular market . |
| 5 | Foster 's recall for the second Cornhill Test at Lord 's not only represents a major gamble , however , but also underlines a desperate shortage of fit and in-form pace candidates . |
| 6 | I am particularly pleased to see present my hon. Friend the Member for Windsor and Maidenhead ( Sir A. Glyn ) , who obviously has a major interest in this matter . |
| 7 | I had not only won a major title but my time in Madrid of 21.1 was my fastest ever , indoors or out , and that on a very tight , small track . |
| 8 | The international system not only has a major division between communist and capitalist states but also deeper cultural divisions between what are usually termed the First and Third worlds . |
| 9 | The NL especially suffered a major split because of its refusal after 1906 to endorse Conservative candidates . |
| 10 | I therefore decided to strengthen and redeploy the AIB team in preparation for what would obviously become a major task for the next eighteen months or so . |
| 11 | Since labour costs account for around 60 per cent of operating costs in BR and RENFE , these pressures for financial stringency and cost cutting have naturally had a major impact on industrial relations in the two enterprises as later chapters will show . |
| 12 | Profits are well up , cost reduction obviously played a major part in this and the F T group is er , fifty five percent up on last year and this is against the background of a five percent drop in advertisement volume and we have an eleven percent drop in advertisement volume from the continent of Europe erm , which of course does n't affect other national newspapers . |
| 13 | This will enable users to transfer applications developed on one machine to another without fear of mismatches in timing — so removing a major headache for developers . |
| 14 | It was said of Brent under the Labour council : ’ If you have a council that is as monumentally incompetent as Brent 's has been in the last few years , it rightly gets a major vote of censure from the public . ’ |
| 15 | Recent developments in the area of financial services will obviously have a major impact on this . |
| 16 | ‘ as if it was n't enough to start a major race riot , you kill a blasted policeman . ’ |
| 17 | Although there was a significant reduction in ipsilateral neurological events in the group who had endarterectomy , these events included transient monocular blindness and transient ischaemic attacks , which do not necessarily have a major impact on patients ' wellbeing . |
| 18 | However , the most satisfactory response could only mean a major thrust coordinated at national level . |
| 19 | As the University 's commercial arm , UnivEd not only makes a major contribution to the University 's finances , but also enhances Edinburgh 's position as an international centre of excellence in teaching and research . |
| 20 | He knows that that would not only cause a major upheaval in local government but would be followed shortly afterwards by other proposals . |
| 21 | SORAFOM became OCORA and provided technical assistance to Francophone stations , for which it long remained a major source of material . |
| 22 | Clarke thereby played a major part in the thrust towards international standardization that became so important in late nineteenth-century European science . |
| 23 | Single events rarely cause a major restructuring of the child 's personality : they occur in the context of a continuous interaction with the environment which itself is not static and which may modify , strengthen or weaken the consequences of what has happened already . |
| 24 | These could be designed so that A2 versions could be sold through our retail outlets to visitors ( in a similar way to exhibition posters ) thus recovering a major part of the production and printing costs . |
| 25 | The circle has to be broken if the Book Trade is not to miss a major opportunity for a logical , practical and lucrative diversification . |
| 26 | ( 5 ) Bleasdale Computers ( Harvard OTC ) " The company has just arranged a major deal with British Telecom who will market and supply their computers . |
| 27 | But many observers , considering the harsh fact that Cram has not won a major championship medal since the 1986 European Championships , believe the Jarrow ace is too old and too injury-prone to make the grade in the 5,000m . |
| 28 | ‘ Celtic have not won a major trophy for a while and have lost out to rivals Rangers . |
| 29 | These contented residents at Orchard House can relax knowing that staff here have just won a major safety award . |
| 30 | Edinburgh 's Douglas Watson , who has already won a major award in the US for his three dimensional illustration work has created his study from a clay panel . |