Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FOREIGN media groups are expected to mount a major assault on Britain 's television industry following the publication of proposed broadcasting legislation which removes constraints on European takeovers and investments . |
| 2 | A disturbance in immunoregulatory control has long been suspected to play a major role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease . |
| 3 | It follows that the duty can not be expected to play a major part in controlling managerialist tendencies . |
| 4 | The professor will be expected to play a major part in the organisation of syllabuses , teaching and lecturing in Roman Art and Archaeology , in close collaboration with the sub-faculties of Ancient History and Classical Languages and Literature . |
| 5 | While this might be thought to have a major impact , the effects would have been lessened if the cremating was carried out at dispersed homes . |
| 6 | The cash will be used to fund a major investment programme , including buying new housing land and expanding its quarrying business . |
| 7 | The cash will be used to fund a major investment programme , including buying new housing land and expanding its quarrying business . |
| 8 | The other four winning projects are : Community Education , Whitechapel Art Gallery , London , an educational programme under the direction of Lucy Dawe Lane involving over 200 artists living in the East End of London , ( the award will be used to set up after-school activities for local Bengali children and their families ) ; Art in Albany Prison , Isle of Wight , where Colin Riches has set up the first art centre in a maximum security jail , providing full-time employment and art education for eighteen long-term prisoners , ( Colin Riches will use his award to carry out further researches into the benefits of art in prisons ) ; Art Trust , Homerton Hospital , London , where the inspiration of surgeon William Shand has covered the bare walls and public spaces of the new building with specially-commissioned pictures and sculpture , ( the award will be used to commission a major sculpture for the principal courtyard ; and The Fan Museum , Greenwich , London , the first museum of fans , set up by Dicky and Helen Alexander who have donated their collection of 2,000 fans to the museum , ( the award will be used to provide proper storage facilities for the collection ) . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm going to have a major rest and then I 'll consider what to do . |
| 10 | Poverty was widespread in town and country , living standards remained low , and even the pollution commonly identified as a postwar phenomenon can be found causing a major uproar in the 1890s . |
| 11 | Like all Save the Children 's community projects , these Centres are developed in partnership with their users and parents are encouraged to play a major role in both running the Centre and raising funds . |
| 12 | However the long standing official policy of community care , in which social services departments were expected to play a major part was thwarted by the unforeseen consequences of financial restraint . |
| 13 | ROYAL intervention is being sought to stop a major North-East sports ground being sold to a supermarket firm . |
| 14 | It had become evident by now that the sepoys were preparing to make a major assault in order to bring about the end of the siege . |
| 15 | The White Aryan Resistance leaders , Tom and John Metzger , were ordered to pay a major share of a $12.5 million award to the family of an Ethiopian immigrant beaten to death by a group of skinheads . |
| 16 | AT A RECENT MEETING of the Women 's Institute in London , women were urged to shed a major symbol of male supremacy and patriarchy — their married names — and value themselves as independent members of society . |
| 17 | ‘ We are determined to become a major force in private sector infrastructure rail developments and have the requisite expertise and experience to ensure that we shall succeed in this objective . ’ |
| 18 | HOLIDAY motorists have been warned to avoid a major Florida highway because of sniper and stone-throwing attacks . |
| 19 | The purity and quality of Pryseg , which was the first brand to gain natural mineral water status in Wales in 1986 , is helping to capture a major share of the 1990's market . |
| 20 | Welcome back : Tactical voting is expected to play a major part in the general election , as Labour and the Liberal Democrats try to oust the Conservatives in marginal seats . |
| 21 | Its operation is expected to produce a major increase in radioactive discharges . |
| 22 | The central focus of the project will be the impact of employee relations on port efficiency , but the research is expected to make a major contribution to the wider understanding of port operations and to inform current and future policy debates on the industry . |
| 23 | Another ultrasonic downhole inspection tool developed by AEA for the oil industry has undergone trials and is expected to make a major impact on traditional mechanical inspection techniques . |
| 24 | The total collapse of the Martian market for marioc is expected to have a major effect on the economy of Uridia . ’ |
| 25 | In this latter case , we are considering a form of videoconferencing and there seems little doubt that desktop , dial-up videoconferencing is going to become a major area of growth both as an application in itself and as a component of other multimedia applications . |
| 26 | The Railway Age , which brings together more than a century and a half of railway tradition on a single site in the heart of Cheshire is set to become a major tourist attraction of national significance , and is located within the town 's famous rail interchange , one of the largest in Europe . |
| 27 | To top it all a stranger is set to make a major impact on your life . |
| 28 | FINLAND 'S government yesterday announced an emergency economic austerity package to stem an outflow of investment capital from the country that is threatening to force a major devaluation and bring down the centre-right administration . |
| 29 | Some , like Ford and Vauxhall , have been able to respond quickly but Rover , which has a US airbag only on the top of the range 800 series , is having to undertake a major engineering programme to make them available throughout the range during the next year . |
| 30 | Now a major sport in Europe and America , kite-flying has arrived here now and it is hoped to hold a major rally early next year . |