Example sentences of "is a major " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prevention of infection is a major part of our response to HIV/AIDS and we are the largest independent provider of schools classes on AIDS . |
| 2 | In sum , then , the monograph is a major site for art critical writing , and , moreover , the place where the most extended criticism is likely to appear . |
| 3 | This is a major meditative speech brooding on the loneliness of the man caught between action and passivity — thinking aloud in much the same way as Hamlet does in his many renowned arias on the soul and the theme of revenge . |
| 4 | This is a major reason , in addition to state interventionism , why economic matters precede the issue of Northern Ireland both theoretically and practically in contemporary Irish politics . |
| 5 | Sport and the coverage of sport on television is a major part of the everyday life of the television audience . |
| 6 | Coping with a slope is a major headache for thousands of people . |
| 7 | And if such a classificatory system is a major feature of the way the police control their fellow citizens , then it seems essential it should be identified , assessed , and described . |
| 8 | This disposition of the body reflects an institutional ideal of the social distribution of individuals in spatial purity , and is a major structuring principle for police organization ; examples of this will emerge throughout the ethnography . |
| 9 | The still influential contribution of Köhler and the other Gestalt psychologists to elucidating the rules underlying pattern perception is a major example . |
| 10 | ‘ This is a major step forward in British men 's tennis — truly a first , ’ commented the LTA 's Director of National Training , Richard Lewis . |
| 11 | There is a major difference between real ale and keg beer . |
| 12 | Corrosion in central heating systems is a major problem and can result in a build-up of sludge , the main symptom of which is cold areas at the bottom of the radiators . |
| 13 | This is a major issue , since not only must the control information be interpreted correctly , but the printer must know when the control characters have finished and it should start interpreting the following characters as text again . |
| 14 | Indeed , ‘ mixed ability teaching ’ is a major if not often acknowledged problem in higher education , particularly in English , where the extent of prior knowledge is so variable . |
| 15 | The congestion caused by their hurried , and sometimes vengefully random , parking is a source of great aggravation to Prague 's citizens , for whom it is a major talking point of the emigration crisis . |
| 16 | No boxing match seems too trivial for live coverage , basketball and volleyball draw vast audiences , Formula One racing grips the nation and there is an inexhaustible appetite for football , to the extent that Saturday night English soccer is a major viewing habit . |
| 17 | Enesco is a major force in twentieth century music whose almost total neglect at present is quite astonishing , and if his little Poemes de Clement Marot show a limited aspect of his art , they still breathed an engaging wit and charm in Miss Cotrubas 's heart-warming performance . |
| 18 | They do not monitor in the area — which suggests that they do n't think it is a major exposure route . |
| 19 | ‘ But Sky is a major risk which has grown largely because of the activities of the competition , which have forced up the price of the product infinitely higher than we expected or was necessary . |
| 20 | While it is a major function of universities to educate , this can not be taken in isolation . |
| 21 | If the artist is a major attraction , whose concert tickets are certain to be at premium , a 90 : 10 deal is likely . |
| 22 | Separately and in different ways , Susan Sontag and George Steiner have suggested that a ( or ‘ the ’ ) homosexual sensibility is a major influence in the formation of modern culture . |
| 23 | This is a major reason why sexual deviance is found threatening : in deviating from normative truth and the ‘ nature ’ which underpins it , such deviance shifts and confuses the norms of truth and being throughout culture . |
| 24 | Using funds raised in public capital markets all over the world , 3i is a major force in the provision of share and loan capital to unquoted British companies . |
| 25 | So localism is a Major political reality , and the tendency towards localism has been stronger than the tendency towards a national identity . |
| 26 | While it has been suggested that the absence of a cadre of professional managers is a major explanation for this situation , the real reasons almost certainly lie closer to the psychology of the entrepreneurs themselves . |
| 27 | This ‘ inverted causation ’ as it has been called , which is a major element of Marxist theory , is to be found in the theory of Asiatic production , in that the subjects of the Asiatic despot are made to believe that they can live because of the blessing of the god-king , the true guardian and shepherd of the community , while really it is he who is living off them . |
| 28 | This is a major theme in the work of the American anthropologist Lowie and the British anthropologist , Radcliffe-Brown . |
| 29 | The discussion of these two topics is not limited to The Origin but is a major theme in all of Marx 's and Engels 's work . |
| 30 | However , the lack of any service history is a major drawback when buying a six-year-old car with a greater than average degree of mechanical complexity . |