Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ferris was on the verge of signing for Linfield last season but has decided now to pledge his immediate future to the Lurgan club , who are expected to announced a major kit sponsorship shortly . |
| 2 | He then turned to becoming a major builder of railways . |
| 3 | The £970,000 ( $1,823,600 ) in profits raised by the van Gogh exhibition in 1990 will go towards financing a major exhibition on the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian fifty years after his death in 1944 and twenty-five years after the last retrospective , held at the Orangerie in Paris . |
| 4 | A NORTH-EAST sea captain awaiting trial charged with causing a major oil spillage died after a sustained drinking binge , an inquest heard . |
| 5 | After their years of isolation , the South African Broadcasting Corporation may not be fully aware of the problems involved in televising a major sporting event . |
| 6 | I had n't come to any grief by not having a comprehensive view of that crocodile pool , ignorance really was bliss that day ; but when it comes to organizing a major event , failure to see the overall picture from the start can blight the whole business . |
| 7 | What am I entitled to following a major change ? |
| 8 | The decision to close thirty one of our pits , was er , erm , I was gon na say a major error , I should maybe rephrase that to a Heseltine error . |
| 9 | Are you gon na have a major pig out on biscuits , or are you gon na wait and have your dinner ? |
| 10 | In south Glasgow , two secondaries are beginning a rolling programme which is aimed at thwarting a major shake-up by Strathclyde . |