Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] made a major [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | There was a hint that this was a short term strategy , Mao at the seventh national congress in April nineteen forty five argued the C C P has made a major concession to land to the tiller . |
2 | Already the rosy periwinkle from Madagascar has made a major contribution to curing childhood leukaemia and other blood cancers . |
3 | And yet , in a separate discussion of education in Cuba since the revolution , Bowles claims the exact opposite : ‘ There is every indication ’ , he writes , ‘ that the allocation of a sizeable fraction of the nation 's resources to education has made a major contribution to the forces of production . ’ |
4 | An infant at eight months who retrieves a completely-occluded object has made a major advance in understanding the appearance-reality distinction , at least on the plane of action , because he now knows that , although the perceptual input at one time tells him that there is no rattle in his reachable space , really there is . |
5 | Wimpey became heavily involved in Oman 's drive for modernisation and through Wimpey Alawi has made a major contribution to the fabric of the State by building roads , prestigious offices and government buildings , a police training college , hospitals — including the magnificent £150 million Royal Hospital — and hotels . |
6 | President Bush has made a major concession to industry over the implementation of the new Clean Air Act , overturning a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) . |
7 | Oxford is a national centre for the treatment of problems associated with childbirth , and research in Oxford has made a major contribution to the treatment of these problems . |