Example sentences of "as the major " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE PANIC world-wide over the Friday 13th computer viruses came as something of an anti-climax , with the Royal National Institute for the Blind emerging as the major casualty . |
| 2 | There is some corroboration for our conclusion in previous research , however : at the 1983 election Gunter , Svennevig and Wober ( 1986 , p. 119 ) found that ‘ whilst television clearly emerged from among various sources of information about politics as the major source , it seemed to be relatively less important in the decision-making process of which way to vote ’ . |
| 3 | He came to be regarded as the major reason for the government 's post-Falklands electoral strength , its reputation for competence , enterprise , and success . |
| 4 | As this year 's BBC Reith Lecturer , it is precisely this lack of cultural cross-fertilisation ( and its origins ) which he expounds as the major obstacle to a fully united Europe . |
| 5 | THERE are some movie stars in the minor league who are held in almost as great affection by film fans as the major ones . |
| 6 | Later , Valencia came to dominate as the major lustreware centre . |
| 7 | However , when I got to Liverpool on Thursday and saw the state of the ground , instead of thinking about such horses as Laura 's Beau , Rubika and Cool Ground as the major chances , suddenly it was the good-ground types such as Docklands Express who re-entered calculations . |
| 8 | In addition , recognition of the WEA 's Districts as Responsible Bodies also strengthened its national status as the major voluntary organisation in the provision of liberal adult education — in recognition of the vigour and influence of its earlier activity and the quality of the provision made through its Tutorial Classes and other courses . |
| 9 | This was echoed by J. H. Matthews , recently-retired Southern District Secretary , who called for fresh efforts to recruit manual workers as voluntary branch members and held that , ideally , Tutorials were the courses which should be provided : ‘ what the WEA has emphasised and needs more thoroughly to practise is the importance of substantial and continuous study , particularly in the social sciences , as the major element in its work ’ although ‘ well conceived short courses will have their place ’ . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , the state collaborates with the private and voluntary sectors in the provision of services as the major co-ordinator or social care planner ( Barclay , 1982 ; Griffiths , 1988 ) . |
| 11 | Durkheim 's investigations into religion , with their historic results , were prompted by the fact that he saw religion as the major source of values and , despite increasing secularisation , religion still plays an influential role in society 's moral codes . |
| 12 | Chapter 4 provides the reasons for selecting Wales and the Auvergne as the major study areas and outlines the forms of agriculture in the two regions plus their nature conservation interests . |
| 13 | There are , for example , subsidies in the form of grants and , until 1988 , tax advantages available to individuals willing to invest in forestry and which are often seen as the major impetus to afforestation and reforestation with little regard to the environmental consequences . |
| 14 | These reasons secured agreement among club workers because they offered an immediate , convenient , and popular response to what was universally seen as the major problem : how to keep adolescents , especially the young ones , ‘ off the streets ’ . |
| 15 | The construction of 28 new towns after 1946 , housing more than 1.1 million people by 1987 ( Potter , 1987 ) , must be seen as the major positive achievement of town and country planning in the UK . |
| 16 | Such a plan allows schools to manage themselves more democratically and to keep the curriculum as the major focus . |
| 17 | To save on personnel and consequently to minimize undesirable social contact , the original Metropolitan Commissioners had submitted the personal qualities of ‘ forbearance ’ and ‘ calm demeanour ’ as the major responses to the threat , as the inhibiters of opposition , and as a substitute for colleague support . |
| 18 | All students take French as the major language and choose either Spanish or German as the minor language . |
| 19 | Typically , debt problems are not presented as the major problem when people in debt seek advice ; the nature and scale of indebtedness gradually emerges . |
| 20 | Subsoil No vines are planted on the alluvial soils close to the river , but on nearby higher ground Belemnite chalk can be seen as the major subsoil . |
| 21 | In our diets , emphasis has for many years been laid on the intake of saturated fat as the major danger factor , but this is certainly not the whole explanation . |
| 22 | Constipation is now recognized as the underlying cause of this disease — and fibre-depleted diets are recognized as the major cause of constipation . |
| 23 | With great rapidity tea replaced coffee as the major plantation crop , and soon its acreage surpassed that of coffee at its height , for tea could be grown at more varied elevations than coffee . |
| 24 | Mr Cooper identifies as the major single benefit of EDI a closer relationship between supplier and customer , rather on the Japanese model . |
| 25 | We were surprised at the continuing estimates of fixed costs , as we would have expected a minimal time investment after the first year of familiarisation , but given that training was identified as the major cost , it may be that this forms the bulk of the continuing cost . |
| 26 | The loans and diplomatic favours that paved the way for the entente with Russia helped to prop up a regime seen by radicals as the major threat to freedom — and to peace — in Europe . |
| 27 | More clearly than Wheatley , he identified the gold standard policies of the Treasury and the City of London as the major obstacle to national economic recovery . |
| 28 | But later Rush , often used as a lone-raider this season , singled out the contribution of partner Ronny Rosenthal as the major factor in sparking Liverpool into life . |
| 29 | Centralization of authority within the parties was seen as the major obstacle to the implementation of their demands . |
| 30 | However , one major weakness of the study is that by concentrating on advertising as the major culprit , it overlooks the structural changes which media necessarily go through — or do not go through — which themselves place them at risk . |