Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [verb] been a major " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed the ability to produce a range of returns on value for money indices has been a major factor in securing continued treasury funding . |
| 2 | For those who are capable of learning how to modify diet and insulin dose to suit prevailing circumstances and want to do so , the ability to determine their own blood glucose has been a major step forward , permitting more satisfactory glycaemic control and a more adventurous approach to many activities ( Skyler et al , 1978 ; Sonksen et al , 1978 ; Walford et al , 1978 ) . |
| 3 | Over the years the G M B has been a major part of our family life the night meetings sometimes being away from home the disputes I have been involved in you have shared them with me and listened to me , and because of my involvement you have always supported me . |
| 4 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon had been a major force in English religious life for almost forty years when he died in 1892 . |
| 5 | Tax reform had been a major campaign commitment in 1976 , but four years later very little progress had been made on this matter . |
| 6 | Meanwhile he says todays news has been a major setback in his own recovery . |
| 7 | The agreement which marked the end of the dispute late in 1986 concluded that , since the preparation of teaching materials to support curriculum development had been a major burden on individual teachers , henceforth curriculum development should be supported by exemplars and other teacher materials prepared by secondees and voluntary working groups . |
| 8 | In many countries in the early stages of industrialization agriculture has been a major source of foodstuffs , exports and labour , but the degree to which agriculture in Japan contributed capital over a sustained period is unusual . |
| 9 | The development of the public enterprise sector has been a major cause of the crisis of state expenditure in Spain . |
| 10 | Mr. Simon Hughes As the Minister 's first answer made it clear that a price differential has been a major cause of the substantial increase in sales of unleaded petrol , and as the Secretary of State is on record as saying that the market has a role to play in cutting the use of petrol across the market in the United Kingdom , by what figures does the Department currently estimate that petrol prices will increase over the next few years ? |
| 11 | His methods are still used today and it can reasonably be claimed that the influence of the eighteenth-century cattle breeders has been a major one worldwide . |
| 12 | Mrs Johnson has been a major supplier to both Sotheby 's and Christie 's this spring season , offering silver , furniture and works of art at sales both in New York and London ( some lots undesignated as to their owner ) . |
| 13 | The decision is regretted , particularly by Fitzgerald Lighting whose three year link with the Bodmin and Wenford Railway had been a major boost to the embryonic steam line 's fortunes . |
| 14 | While the education system has been a major target for opponents of apartheid since the 1953 Bantu Education Act , it was not until the 1980s that more concrete attempts were made to formulate ideas for another kind of education system . |
| 15 | ‘ The quality initiative has been a major driving force , ’ John added . |
| 16 | Although this analysis is not strictly accurate — there is always a compression/decompression overhead of about 5 per cent — the benefits and potential cost savings are substantial and compression techniques have been a major field of development from the time of the very earliest digital databases . |
| 17 | David Hill , head of Sky Sports believes former Scottish star Gray has been a major signing . |
| 18 | Not being covered by state-run health insurance has been a major worry because ‘ sometimes I get very sick and I ca n't find the money to go to the doctor , ’ says Rita . |
| 19 | The introduction of a national health care system had been a major plank in Carter 's programme in 1976 , but his proposals failed to become law . |
| 20 | The project to replace the Institute 's main computer system has been a major task throughout the year . |
| 21 | To date , given the inadequate levels of state pension provision and the limited opportunities most women have had to save or invest for old age , their limited access to occupational pension scheme membership has been a major factor in the construction of female poverty in old age . |
| 22 | where There , the growth of Milton Keynes has been a major factor , but smaller towns have also felt the pressures of development . |
| 23 | Notwithstanding problems of this kind there has been undoubted improvement in VDU design and it has been speculated that trade union pressure for high design standards has been a major stimulus to companies marketing their products on the basis of user acceptability . " |
| 24 | The attempt to analyse the position of the middle class in the class structure has been a major preoccupation of sociologists of stratification . |