Example sentences of "[adj] [vb -s] [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be noted at this point that in recent years there has been a dramatic growth in the volume of business conducted in the interbank market and this has become a major source of liquidity for banks . |
| 2 | So far this has included a major relocation from London to Peterborough , new £100m headquarters , product rationalisation , a number of company-wide initiatives aimed at improving management efficiency and a £1m investment in a new core financial system . |
| 3 | Initial results from the first phase of the research ( summer 1986 ) show that the police are sticking very closely to the new rules and that this has had a major impact in the way CID officers conduct investigations . |
| 4 | Now owned and being developed by chip manufacturer , Intel , DVI has become a major focus for multimedia . |
| 5 | Endothelin-1 has become a major research topic since its discovery and characterisation as a potent vasoconstrictor . |
| 6 | There 's much that makes sense ; there 's much that is thought-provoking , even if the thought it provokes is often that the authors are off their trolley ( 'be alert to the strange fact that the end of each century divisible by five has witnessed a major transition in Western civilisation ’ ) . |
| 7 | The interpretation of the events of 1868 has become a major topic of controversy among historians of Japan . |
| 8 | Lucid Inc has begun a major push into the European market with its Energize C++ programming environment for object-oriented development ( UX No 366 ) . |