Example sentences of "[verb] the [num ord] major [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1972 the Local Government Act made the first major change in the local government system of England and Wales ( apart from the restructuring in London , which took place in 1963 ) , since the nineteenth century . |
| 2 | It was during this period that it became the second major party in British politics , and Britain 's leading progressive party . |
| 3 | He added : ‘ Current scientific opinion strongly suggests that combination therapy is likely to provide the next major advance in the management of HIV infection . |
| 4 | THE province 's top triathletes are set to converge on Newtownabbey this weekend as the borough hosts the last major event in the |
| 5 | It culminated in the total defeat of Japan and initiated the second major watershed in modern Japanese history , the reforms carried out under the Allied ( de facto US ) Occupation of 1945–52 . |
| 6 | Shinto 's resignation from NTT in December 1988 had marked the first major development in the Recruit affair , a scandal which had involved the purchase of influence by Recruit chairman Hiromasa Ezoe , in return for the provision of cheap pre-flotation shares in a Recruit subsidiary to leading figures within of the country 's political , administrative and economic spheres . |
| 7 | But it was neither safety , monopoly nor dangerous debt loads that precipitated the first major intervention in the industry by Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner last week . |
| 8 | With an impeccable sense of timing the first major crack in the edifice of classical physics became apparent in 1900 . |