Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only that , but after beating bankruptcy as well as calls for his resignation , Miller took Hibs to Hampden last year and lifted the Skol League Cup — the first time in 20 years that the Edinburgh club had won a major trophy . |
| 2 | This issue had proved a major stumbling block in recent talks , as equal representation in the upper chamber for every province — the implacable demand of several of the less populous provinces — would mean a reduction in the share of the seats currently held by the country 's heavily populated provinces , particularly Ontario and Quebec . |
| 3 | That same report concluded that high income elasticities and low price elasticities had played a major part in this observed growth . |
| 4 | The Royalists ( Chetniks ) under Mihailovitch had played a major part in anti-German resistance through much of the war , although increasingly they had been in direct conflict with Tito 's partisans , who saw them as the main enemy in establishing a Communist post-war Yugoslavia , and this had also led to them acting on occasion in concert with German forces . |
| 5 | The policy of fixed commissions had remained a major bone of contention throughout the Government 's dispute with the Stock Exchange . |
| 6 | Although the official Iraqi News Agency ( INA ) on July 6 denied the reports as " groundless " , opposition sources claimed that the coup had triggered a major purge of the Iraqi officer corps . |
| 7 | The band had wanted a major deal for at least two years previously , but were determined to play it cool . |
| 8 | Russia under Peter the Great and Catherine began to take a major part in the affairs of Europe . |
| 9 | On Feb. 12 Farah Aydid had ordered a major attack on his rival 's strongholds in the north of the capital , leaving 16 people dead and 142 injured in only two hours of fighting , according to Western aid workers . |
| 10 | By the autumn of 1917 , food queues had become a major grievance and demands for a more equitable distribution of food led to mass demonstrations and even strikes in many parts of the country . |
| 11 | De Soto had played a major role in re-establishing the confidence of the international financial community in Peru , damaged under García , and had been involved in the drafting of a bilateral anti-drugs agreement signed with the USA in May 1991 [ see pp. 38187-88 ] . |
| 12 | While business studies had become a major component of CNAA-validated undergraduate courses , the DMS was the stepping stone into concern for part-time continuing education in the management field . |
| 13 | The policy did represent a major challenge and the RHA was well aware that some authorities would be more able than others to make the change . |
| 14 | Earlier , on Nov. 9 , Bush had announced a major increase in US troops in the Gulf , to ensure " an adequate offensive military option " . |
| 15 | The regime of President Fidel Castro had lost a major source of economic and military aid with the collapse of the Soviet Union . |
| 16 | Within two weeks of unprecedented activity , even the ill organised London dockers had achieved a major victory on recognition and wages and conditions . |
| 17 | Last night in the ‘ Digital pubs ’ it did n't really matter any more whether Heseltine had offered a major defence contract inducement to the company . |
| 18 | From 1924 my father intended to write a major work about his friend and that is why he had asked Modigliani 's mother to supply him with all possible information about his childhood and adolescence . |
| 19 | The moves seemed to mark a major change in the government 's attitude to the conflict . |
| 20 | Britain had played a major part in the Bretton Woods agreement which , through the establishment of the International Monetary Fund , led to a major role for sterling as a reserve currency [ Eckes , 1975 ] ; and in 1945 , after considerable debate , it had opted for a large US loan ( $3.75bn plus $650m in settlement of Lend-Lease obligations ) as against tighter domestic restrictions on consumption , to help to overcome post-war shortages of goods and materials . |
| 21 | With the publication of the Foreign Relations of the United States volumes on the Korean War and the release of the British documents it was evident that Britain had played a major role in the important decisions taken in the early stages of the war , and in particular the decision to change the aim of the operation from being merely to repel the aggressor north of the 38th parallel to that of achieving a unified Korea . |
| 22 | The ANC secretary-general , Cyril Ramaphosa , said the government had made a major concession on the issue of devolution of power to regional governments . |
| 23 | Renamo insisted on Kenyan mediation and claimed that the Frelimo government had launched a major offensive against rebel-controlled zones . |
| 24 | In January the government had launched a major offensive aimed at capturing the Karen headquarters at Manerplaw on the eastern border with Thailand [ see pp. 38725 ; 38767 ; 38815 ] . |
| 25 | These developments took place against a background of continuing clashes between government forces and UNITA , with a number of reports suggesting that the government had launched a major offensive . |
| 26 | In fact , unknown to them , the clearing of the gas had become a major problem . |
| 27 | In the fourteenth century the Fabian tactics of the chevauchée found greater favour on both sides , although there were notable exceptions when the heavy cavalry did play a major role . |
| 28 | On June 28 , five days after the letterhead date , the Sunday Times did carry a major article supporting Prince Charles . |
| 29 | The LTTE had launched a major assault on July 10 on the Sri Lankan government 's army base at Elephant Pass . |
| 30 | Much later in the war Stoddard 's factory did have a major fire that destroyed much of what was then called Patrick Bank . |