Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] a major part " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Clarke thereby played a major part in the thrust towards international standardization that became so important in late nineteenth-century European science . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | This suggests that during a fluent phase a speaker has already done a major part of the planning before beginning to speak a clause . |
| 5 | However the board 's chief executive , Alan Smith , was able to say that unlike yesterday 's press conference the issue at the board meeting did not occupy a major part of the time . |
| 6 | However the board 's chief executive , Alan Smith , was able to say that unlike yesterday 's press conference the issue at the board meeting did not occupy a major part of the time . |
| 7 | It is accepted that general reading of the financial press is important but should not constitute a major part of the CPE undertaken . |
| 8 | Released after Simon 's great victory at Lewes ( 14 May ) , Peter was one of the council of nine imposed on the king ( June 1264 ) and thenceforth played a major part in the direction of central government . |
| 9 | ‘ Art has always played a major part in my life — both my parents are painters . |
| 10 | From Table 9.6(a) it can be seen that bank financing has always played a major part in financing British industrial and commercial companies . |
| 11 | The space between the fly sheet and inner dome also plays a major part in eradicating condensation , a problem which we have all encountered from time to time . |
| 12 | When it comes down to it , common sense also has a major part to play . |
| 13 | Until the autumn of 1976 , the £6 fiat-rate increase for wages and salaries below £8,500 , agreed by the TUC General Council by a narrow margin in July 1975 , held firm and clearly played a major part in the sharp reduction of inflation that year . |
| 14 | No one just passes through Baldersdale , and this clearly played a major part in preserving its isolation in the days when it was a full and vibrant community , as , indeed , it certainly was . |
| 15 | She tackled any problems which arose with great tact and charm and also played a major part in the production of our Expansion Programme . |
| 16 | BRACKEN HOUSE , THE former home of the Financial Times , came under threat at the time ministers were considering the introduction of the Thirty Year Rule on listing ( see page 149 ) , and probably played a major part in securing the greater protection for post-war buildings of excellence that SAVE had sought for so long . |
| 17 | It has also shown that they are only a part of the explanation of Africa 's problems ; a difficult agricultural base , the inequalities of the world trading system , the sometimes exploitative role of multinational companies have also had a major part to play . |
| 18 | In practice , however , issues such as the colour and social standing of the victim will also play a major part . |
| 19 | Portraits also play a major part in Clamey 's work , ‘ I 'm probably very old fashioned but I believe still that the principal aim or a portrait is to achieve a good likeness of your sitter , but you also have to create a picture . ’ |
| 20 | In fact , such series have been building up around us gradually , until they have now become a major part of the market . |
| 21 | The channel tunnel is about to become a major part of the United Kingdom infrastructure . |
| 22 | While it was possible to identify a group of 27 libraries with staff members whose title included ‘ training ’ , ‘ development ’ or ‘ personnel ’ , they did not uniformly devote a major part of their time to training , and there were instances of authorities who named individuals apparently spending more of their time on training than ‘ named ’ training officers . |
| 23 | Prior to project involvement there was a tradition of generous library funding in two of the four schools , and in all four there were keen , imaginative teacher-librarians who subsequently played a major part in developing and sustaining the school 's library policy . |
| 24 | They certainly played a major part in the history of the eastern Alps , the Carpathians and the Balkan Mountains , with widespread northerly thrusting of nappes . |
| 25 | Italy had actually played a major part in getting Abyssinia admitted to the League of Nations in 1923 , eleven years previously . |