Example sentences of "[noun] had been a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This issue had been a major stumbling block , as any equalization of representation almost inevitably meant a relative reduction in the current number of seats held by the country 's most heavily populated provinces , Ontario and Quebec . |
| 2 | This issue had been a major stumbling block , as any equalization of representation almost inevitably meant a relative reduction in the current number of seats held by the country 's most heavily populated provinces , Ontario and Quebec . |
| 3 | Tax reform had been a major campaign commitment in 1976 , but four years later very little progress had been made on this matter . |
| 4 | If the IMF had been a major borrower and issuer of SDR-denominated assets then the SDR might have been used more extensively . |
| 5 | THE Restoration and maintenance of the village green and its stream had been a major project for the year , it was noted at the Old Alresford Parish Council 's recent annual general meeting in the Christy Hall . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The Algiers accord of 1975 , whose repudiation by Iraq had been a major factor precipitating the Iraq-Iran war in 1980 , gave both countries access to the Shatt-al Arab waterway . |
| 8 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon had been a major force in English religious life for almost forty years when he died in 1892 . |
| 9 | More female science students ( sixteen of the twenty-four ) had attended single-sex schools than any other group in the sample ; it may be that their single-sex schooling had been a major influence in their decision to study science at degree level . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The rivalry between Fabius and Rocard had been a major component of the party 's internal problems . |
| 12 | 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 . |