Example sentences of "[be] [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , if we are to see a major confluence of the world 's financial markets , we need to have prepared our financial structure and planning in good time to take advantage of such changes . |
| 2 | Putting it more generally , I am suggesting a major difference in ‘ compromisability ’ between different kinds of goals . |
| 3 | This whole question is of importance not only because it was so central to Engels 's book but also because The Origin has rightly been considered a major contribution to the feminist tradition . |
| 4 | The description and demonstration of the working of such systems has always been considered a major advance in anthropological theory and is usually traced to the publication in 1940 of African Political Systems by M. Fortes and E. E. Evans-Pritchard with their respective discussions of the Tallensi of West Africa and the Nuer of East Africa . |
| 5 | We spent a lot of time with different amps and different pickups and different guitars , because if you 're playing a major chord on a guitar with a lot of distortion it is n't going to sound good — it 's going to sound like a big mush . |
| 6 | Recent political upheavals in Eastern Europe and the increasing articulation of a European identity are forcing a major rethinking in the politics , history and philosophies of nationality , the nation-state and their boundaries . |
| 7 | The people of East Kilbride are celebrating a major victory against plans by an American owned company to build a tyre recycling plant in the new town . |
| 8 | The people of East Kilbride are celebrating a major victory against an American owned company which wanted to build a tyre recycling plant in the new town . |
| 9 | The people of East Kilbride are celebrating a major victory against an American owned company which wanted to build a tyre recycling plant in the new town . |
| 10 | FORMER workers from one of Darlington 's biggest factories are holding a major reunion next week . |
| 11 | The Metropolitan police are conducting a major investigation into alleged war crimes . |
| 12 | ‘ We appreciate that tenants are facing a major decision on who their new landlord will be , ’ said Edinvar director Robin Burley . |
| 13 | For over a year now we 've been running a major initiative which is a systematic review of all our Sainsburys brand packaging to see where we can minimise the use of materials , but still allow the packaging to do the job of protecting the product and preserving it . |
| 14 | Of those organisations which are using outplacement services , 94 per cent said they are having a major impact on helping the career of those made redundant . |
| 15 | But erm the conversations I 've had yesterday indicate that they are doing a major push on recruitment . |
| 16 | Neil Kinnock has been giving a major speech to the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool this afternoon . |
| 17 | Paul Mardon 's hopes of clinching a dream £1 million move from Birmingham City to Liverpool have been dealt a major blow after he was told that he needs surgery on an ankle ligament injury . |
| 18 | XIa ) shows any significant similarity to the western designs ( chequered decoration — a feature common to mosaics of both regions — is insufficiently diagnostic to be considered a major index of affinity ) . |
| 19 | In so doing we will be addressing a major research issue — that of determination of possible relationships between spatial objects and the operations which act upon them . |
| 20 | The epidemiological evidence shows that nitrate can not be having a major effect on cancer in the general population in the UK . |
| 21 | The Prospect Inn , which could be restored a major tourist attraction , is also threatened by a road widening proposal by Kent County Council , although the local authority , Thanet , understand its importance and value the building . |
| 22 | On April 10 and 11 , Rye in Sussex will be hosting a major Art Fair and competition at the Adult Education Centre , from 10am to 4pm daily . |
| 23 | The depth of the recession facing Germany means that the boom must fall soon , and then about the only way for Siemens to save the company will be to make a major acquisition that finally puts it onto the world stage . |
| 24 | Since September 1984 the University has been undertaking a major development plan at Magee , rapidly increasing student numbers and establishing a range of innovative , career-orientated courses with an emphasis on cross-disciplinary scholarship involving all faculties . |
| 25 | Since September 1984 the University has been undertaking a major development plan at Magee , rapidly increasing student numbers and establishing a range of innovative , career-orientated courses with an emphasis on cross-disciplinary scholarship involving all faculties . |
| 26 | Since the 31st March 1991 , the group has been awarded a major contract to supply model layouts to the Department of Transport . |
| 27 | Since 31st March 1991 the group has been awarded a major contract to supply model layouts to the Department of Transport . |
| 28 | Joel Weiner , marketing executive of Kraft General Foods It is precisely because we are not complacent about this issue that the Government have been preparing a major Food Bill since October 1987 . |
| 29 | It is only in the last hundred and fifty years , in any culture , that a majority of people have had even minimal access to this technique which already , over two millennia , had been carrying a major part of human culture . |
| 30 | The Government are making a major error by dismissing local income tax out of hand . |