Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the UK context the book more than fills a major gap , and will , I hope , be widely used . |
| 2 | It provides technical advice and computing facilities , printed and photocopied research material , a specialised library , a seminar programme which attracts attendance from outside Cambridge as well as within , and plays a major role in sustaining the publication of Local Population Studies . |
| 3 | VG LIMS is the first Laboratory Information Management Systems to be available on the RS60000 series of IMB computers and represents a major breakthrough in this field . |
| 4 | ‘ Life on the wild side with David Bowie ’ , which is hardbacked this January and has a major serialisation deal with the Sunday Mirror . |
| 5 | Dating from the 14th century , the house still retains its original great hall , chapel and crypt and has a major exhibition on conservation . |
| 6 | This is , of course , a problem of central importance to the case of state enterprises , and forms a major thread of the following chapter . |
| 7 | Santiago ( or James ) Island is one of the larger uninhabited islands , and presents a major challenge to the conservationists . |
| 8 | Hurricane damage through high winds and tidal surges causes an immense amount of destruction and poses a major threat to many coastal communities in the USA . |
| 9 | For instance , if the author wants one tangential paragraph about the relationship between ‘ microtext and ‘ Vannevar Bush ’ but wants a major section about ‘ Vannevar Bush ’ connected to ‘ macrotext ’ , then the ‘ microtext ’ to ‘ Vannevar Bush ’ link would be marked as a ‘ dead-end ’ . |