Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] been a major [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strategies to deal with this issue have been a major concern to local organisers . |
| 2 | Studies of social change in rural communities have been a major theme in rural community work since the early 1950s , when the first typologies ( some of which have already been discussed in Chapter 4 , and notably in Tables 4.6 and 4.7 were developed . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Glyn and Sutcliffe ( 1972 ) argued that low profits have been a major factor in low levels of investment in the UK . |
| 5 | The continued energy , good humour and loyalty of the staff through a most difficult time have been a major strength to the Management Board and the Council |
| 6 | Sporting endeavours have been a major feature of the activities undertaken so far ( see Update ) . |