Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Cocom regulations apply to all former East Bloc countries except Hungary , and are likely to prove a major thorn in DEC 's side . |
| 2 | Announcing a £63 million , five-year court-building plan yesterday , Lawn Tennis Association chief executive Ian Peacock admitted that no current players are likely to make a major impact on world rankings . |
| 3 | ‘ and that 's when I 'm likely to make a major mistake . |
| 4 | MITI is working to ensure that there is broader and more open international collaboration in the New Information Processing Technology Programme than was possible in the Fifth Generation Programme , and it is hoped that organisations in other countries may be able to play a major role both in the research and its exploitation . |
| 5 | A person may be unable to perform a major life activity which an average person could perform . |
| 6 | The fact that only three west European companies were prepared to make a major commitment in such a key area was one more indication of how global the electronics industry had become . |
| 7 | But other ingredients are necessary to become a major player in the financial printing world apart from mere physical presence . |
| 8 | COUNCIL officials in Darlington are anxious to create a major tourist attraction in the town . |
| 9 | It has large ( several million tonnes ) resources of high-grade baryte and is likely to become a major producer . |
| 10 | Britain is likely to suffer a major loss of land along the east coast especially around the Wash and Thames estuaries and the Norfolk Broads , while coastal protection works such as the ♯500 million River Thames barrier protecting London would have to be raised . |
| 11 | In the end , the overriding motivation for studying synaptic plasticity in the brain is the hope of gaining an understanding of the physical basis of memory in health and disease , and it is the nature of the link between LTP and memory that is likely to provide a major focus for research in the future . |
| 12 | You are about to set out on an interesting and formative experience , something that is likely to have a major impact on your life . |
| 13 | In the areas of social policy , a separate protocol to which all the member states except the United Kingdom are signatories , is likely to have a major impact on companies operating in the Community , including a probable ‘ trickle-on ’ effect to companies based in the United Kingdom . |
| 14 | The production will stay close to Morton 's book detailing Diana 's private grief as her marriage falls apart , and is sure to cause a major row . |
| 15 | Many colleges were already moving towards continuous assessment in their existing courses , so regular assessment for NVQ credits is unlikely to cause a major problem . |
| 16 | So , it is unlikely to become a major pest problem . |
| 17 | It has been suggested that the move to a loans-based higher educational system will provide small firms with a supply of labour , as in the US , but this is unlikely to have a major effect other than on the demand for temporary workers . |
| 18 | NURSE Toral Sharan is busy organising a major charity event just days after giving up work to take maternity leave . |
| 19 | But it is difficult to find a major summer festival that is not expensive and , for want of seats , exclusive to those with the will , the guile , or the contacts with which to acquire tickets . |
| 20 | Neighbourhood manager Sue Bennett feels this has yet to be recognised nationally , but is certain to become a major issue in future . |
| 21 | The division has OEM relationships with Fujitsu Ltd , Acer Group and C Itoh & Co which market its kit across the Pacific Rim but it is keen to sign a major US distributor . |
| 22 | The 1929 Parliament was hardly the most glorious in our history , but it was still one in which it was possible to face a major issue on its merits , and to debate with one 's own party without producing mindless noise or mockery from the other side , and by so doing to create an impact upon the general body of the House which improved — and in this instance strikingly improved — the position of the speaker with his own party . |
| 23 | I also said that was when I was likely to make a major mistake . |
| 24 | In the early 1770s Sulivan promoted the career of Warren Hastings [ q.v. ] as a reforming governor of Bengal , but he was unable to prevent a major loss of the Company 's autonomy when the government took powers over it in the Regulating Act of 1773 . |