Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a major [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Radio 5 spokesperson said : ‘ The internal report made a number of suggestions for restructuring network radio and only one of them involved a major change to Radio 5 . |
| 2 | In fact , I made a major decision in '84 , and followed it through in '86 . |
| 3 | Worse , after trying one out in Dixons , I suffered a major attack of technofear . |
| 4 | Why are we so ready to treat as a minor operation an alteration which involves a major transformation in the cat 's lifestyle and personality ? |
| 5 | Towards the end of the year , AHT was successful in securing a four-year inspection services contract for the Shell Southern North Sea MMSC which represents a major breakthrough for the company in this area . |
| 6 | In studying these orders and the controversy they are involved in , the research will examine a process which represents a major development in the character of religious pluralism in this country . |
| 7 | In June , regular services began from South Shore to Bispham , which became a major terminal of the Promenade cars as it is to this day . |
| 8 | Of particular concern to most of the members of the FFA was the effect of the drift-netters on the albacore tuna resource , which plays a major role in many Pacific economies . |
| 9 | Here he describes the unprecedented amount of sculpture he has found , whose quality demonstrates that the sculptors of Aphrodisias were no mere copyists but artists ofa distinctive school which made a major contribution to ancient art . |
| 10 | IBM , which announced a major restructuring after plunging into the red last year for the first time in its history , made an after-tax profit of $595m in the three months ending March . |
| 11 | Pearson , which has a major stake in BSkyB , gained 4p to 451p while Granada , another substantial investor , put on a penny to 408p . |
| 12 | Security from the membership of a large group which has a major commitment to the growth of Name ; |
| 13 | This identification was one factor which provoked a major attack on the practice of International Relations which helped usher in a new way of thinking about the subject . |
| 14 | Cecil Menary had married into the large McAuley family which played a major part in the life of the Cabra congregation and in evangelical culture generally in the North Antrim area . |
| 15 | Working class women 's groups and the Workers ' Birth Control Group , formed in 1924 , which played a major part in the struggle for access to birth control information , also found it impossible to ignore the maternalist framework in their campaign . |
| 16 | In Canada , the aims of the women 's pressure groups which played a major role in bringing about reforming legislation , have been described as follows : |
| 17 | The Bulgarian Green Party , which played a major role in the movement leading to the overthrow of communism , has changed its name to the Conservative Environmental Party . |
| 18 | It 's an emotive issue and raises questions like whether it 's appropriate that a company such as Daimler-Benz which played a major role in the Third Reich , should be allowed as they want to , to build their headquarters near Hitler 's bunker . |
| 19 | The February meeting was the first of its kind to be hosted by Saudi Arabia , which opposed a major role for the Shi'ite opposition in a future Iraqi government , but now considered that the ousting of Saddam Hussein had become a priority . |
| 20 | It is , moreover , an irony that these ministers ( Gaitskell , Jay , Wilson ) were at the same time preparing a Full Employment Bill which assumed a major capacity for planning within the government machine . |
| 21 | There is also nothing disinterested about its current extensive ‘ public information ’ programme , which includes a major exercise in promoting the benefits of nuclear power , especially in schools . |
| 22 | £158,000 capital grant to the Church of Go of Prophecy in Chapeltown ( 1990 ) which constituted a major contribution towards the construction costs of the Austin Burke Memorial Centre . |
| 23 | We concluded this chapter by discussing another aspect of language comprehension which forms a major part of pragmatic processing , namely the way in which understanding of what is spoken or written often involves going beyond an interpretation of what is explicitly stated . |
| 24 | The aim of this is to test the flexibility of every man in the group by imposing a situation which requires a major change in the plan , at no notice . |
| 25 | It is important to realize that service of the Writ is not a development which requires a major change in the handling of the claim . |
| 26 | I suppose we have to be grateful that Mr Akhtar grudgingly refrains from asking us to ban the works of Voltaire , which seems a major concession from him . |
| 27 | As in scene six , Anderson withholds information but there are important differences in his reasons for doing so here which implicate a major change of attitude . |
| 28 | Grammars of Latin and German were assembled by scholars , plus biographies ( which formed a major part of medieval literature ) and works of history . |
| 29 | Apart from the Parkhurst riot of 1969 , disturbances were comparatively infrequent in British prisons until the year of 1972 , which saw a major wave of rooftop demon-strations in many prisons . |
| 30 | In the summer of 1935 , George Pateman resigned following his appointment as Assistant Secretary to the Cambridge University Board of Extra-Mural Studies — a major surprise to many in the District and which precipitated a major re-casting of the District 's policies and priorities . |