Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I decided to build a major development . |
| 2 | I later realised I had missed a major opportunity for helping change the situation . |
| 3 | On April 19 Verdiger announced that he would after all support Labour , but on April 22 Shas , the ultra-orthodox party which had played a major role in the collapse of the coalition in March by abstaining in a vote of no-confidence , announced its absolute support for Likud . |
| 4 | Following intervention by Sweden ( which had played a major role in initiating the US-PLO dialogue in 1988 ) , the PLO issued a statement on June 11 which declared that the organization remained " against any military action which targets civilians , regardless of the nature of such actions , and we condemn it " . |
| 5 | The National Assembly on Oct. 1 approved the dissolution of the powerful National Defence Council , the body which had played a major role in the planning and execution of security policy during the Vietnam war . |
| 6 | Television , which had become a major force in American political life , was essential to Reagan 's success in obtaining the Republican nomination in 1980 . |
| 7 | Probably because it started the 1980s with a fleet of new 125mph HSTs which had made a major impact on its market , the East Coast main line was far better placed to withstand the rigours of the recession than its West Coast neighbour . |
| 8 | There seems little doubt that the team suffered badly by being deprived of the services of Ian Gow , a widely-respected , close associate of the Prime Minister who had played a major part in her 1989 campaign and whose murder by the IRA in July had led to the Eastbourne by-election . |
| 9 | He had n't seen anyone carry on like this since going to watch the World Wrestling Federation with Gilbert Lewis , the man next door 's nephew , who had had a major seizure at the sight of a man called Hulk Hogan and had written to Robert afterwards to say that he ‘ had never expected to see anything like that in real life ’ . |
| 10 | But then why would Mao in nineteen forty five say that how that they 'd made a major concession to land to the tiller but that this is a correct one and they 're going to , that land reform has to be taken in stages and they 're going to first of all reduce rent and , I mean er |
| 11 | Aberdeen arrived back from Turin this afternoon , knowing they 'd taken a major step towards the quarter finals of the Cup Winners Cup . |
| 12 | General Motors of America believed they had made a major breakthrough into the British market in 1985 when they persuaded Foster Yeoman to buy four specially constructed 3,300hp locomotives to haul heavy stone traffic from their Merehead quarry to locations in the South East . |
| 13 | At Ashness Bridge , one of the most frequented sites in the Lakes , he helped to launch a major programme to combat the erosion caused by the pounding of millions of visitors ' feet over the years . |
| 14 | Now 26 he decided to make a major leap into white collar work . |
| 15 | Qin had founded this weekly journal in 1980 and it had played a major role in the campaign for economic and political reform in China until being closed down in April 1989 following the outbreak of student demonstrations [ see p. 36587 ] . |
| 16 | The bank also denies last year 's claims that it had signed a major deal with IBM to supply RS6000s ( UX No 323 ) , saying that it was only ‘ evaluating ’ the IBM equipment . |
| 17 | It was the ultimate war , the final confrontation between Good and Evil , and he had played a major part in the war . |
| 18 | By this time he had published a major treatise on violin technique , and had fathered seven children , of whom only two , a daughter and a son , survived . |
| 19 | President Paul Biya took office on Nov. 3 for a third term , following a disputed victory in the Oct. 11 presidential elections [ see p. 39130 ] , declaring in his inauguration address to the National Assembly that he intended to undertake a major revision of the Constitution . |