Example sentences of "[adj] has be a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that these efforts go unrecognised has been a major element in the ‘ failure ’ labels attached to many deaf schoolchildren . |
| 2 | This has been a major platform of government economic policy . |
| 3 | This has been a major problem in Kent , Essex , Suffolk , and Norfolk , and most notoriously at Halvergate , where there have also been acidity problems , causing some farmers to have to jet their drains every year . |
| 4 | Furthermore , ERM membership has effectively disciplined many EC governments unable to cure inflation for themselves ; this has been a major factor in the creation of prosperity in Western Europe . |
| 5 | This has been a major factor in the stability which Spencer Stuart has achieved in its offices . |
| 6 | They suggest that public expenditure growth has led to a transfer of productive resources from the private sector to a public sector producing largely non-marketed output , and that this has been a major factor in the UK 's poor performance in the post-war period . |
| 7 | This has been a major demand by the National Licensed Victuallers Association , who hailed the decision as a victory for their campaign . |
| 8 | Dispute may rage as to the effectiveness of this or that particular reform , but US policy 1945–52 has been a major arbiter of two fundamental axes of postwar development — the integration of Japan , economically and politically , into the Western capitalist camp and the extraordinary growth of the Japanese economy . |
| 9 | This is not just of interest to professional politicians or academic specialists ; local government has become front-page news , its leading politicians such as Ken Livingstone , David Blunkett and Derek Hatton have been catapulted to national fame and the local-central government conflict detailed in Chapter 4 has been a major issue in three successive general elections . |