Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The announcement effectively signalled the government 's intention to end its state of war with mainland China and as such it removed a major obstacle to closer ties with the Chinese government . |
| 2 | On the twenty eight of September nineteen eighty eight she had a major operation on her left wrist . |
| 3 | But at this high point in his career his health began to fail under the heavy pressures , and in 1917 he suffered a major breakdown . |
| 4 | The new hardback comes as a cheapy ( £9.99 ) and I am sure we have a major author for the future here . |
| 5 | Lérins itself was important in two ways ; first it played a major part in the promotion of monastic ideals in Gaul , and second it trained a succession of bishops who made a substantial impact on the Gallo-Roman , and later Frankish , Church . |
| 6 | In 1990 it took a major step forward with The Guinness Encyclopedia — a family reference book for the nineties . |
| 7 | In 1990 he published a major history of Christianity in Scotland . |
| 8 | Together with Aymer de Valence , Earl of Pembroke [ q.v. ] ( often his partner in these years ) , he led an expedition to the north in 1315 ; in 1316 he took a major role in the suppression of the Welsh rising of Llywelyn ab Rhys ( Llewelyn Bren ) [ q.v. ] and of the revolt at Bristol ; and in the same year he was among the committee of bishops and magnates appointed to reform the royal household . |